Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Molitch-Hou is an additive manufacturing analyst. When wildfires sweep through communities, they leave devastation in ...

The idea of using an “additive” approach in construction is not new. In fact, the first 3D printed building – a small, circular outbuilding made with stacked rings of extruded concrete—was erected in ...

3D construction printing reached new heights this week as the world’s first 3D-printed medical center was completed in Thailand. Often associated with residential homebuilding, 3D construction ...

Experts estimate around 60% of buildings that will exist in 30 years’ time have yet to be built. This equals constructing a city the size of Stockholm every week until 2050. However, the construction ...

3D-printed construction continues to grow in popularity worldwide, and the latest example is an ambitious new low-rise apartment building in Germany. The project will incorporate cutting-edge 3D ...

Alquist 3D completed an 8,000-sq-ft building for Walmart in Athens, Tenn., earlier this year, learning key lessons on how to scale up its 3D-printing technology for larger deployments. December 15, ...

Robots that spawn cement walls layer by layer have built homes in Houston, apartment blocks in Germany and a train station in Japan. Now, 3D printing has caught the fancy of two of the world's most ...

Though it started out as a futuristic-sounding niche proposition, 3D-printed construction is really taking off throughout the United States and the variety of projects being printed is remarkable.

GREELEY, Colo., Nov. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alquist, a pioneer in 3D construction printing today announced a landmark scale in this technology with retailer Walmart Inc. (WMT) and other commercial ...

The first house in California's first micro community of 3D printed homes stood between two metal tracks on a West Linda lot in Yuba County, nearly complete and unlike any of the other single-family ...