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- Fiber Pattern Lamps at Dutch Design WeekStarting today, the Fiber Pattern Lamp series by Atelier Robotiq will be on show at Dutch Design Week, taking place October 17-25, 2015 in Eindhoven.…
- Nature turns smartWhat makes a smart material smart? A number of factors changes the way we think of materials: they become responsive to the environment, or…
- Large-Scale 3D Printing Shapes UPM Group’s EuroShop StandUPM Group has created a 100 m² exhibition stand using large-scale robotic 3D printing for EuroShop 2026 in Düsseldorf. Combining architectural structures, integrated technology…
- Basket-Inspired Metamaterials Combine Stiffness With ResilienceEngineers at the University of Michigan have turned basket-weaving principles into lightweight, resilient metamaterials. These structures combine stiffness with the ability to recover after…
- Fluid Stone Reimagines Quarry Waste Through Computational DesignNatural stone is one of the most durable building materials. However, quarries leave many stone blocks unused because of their size or shape. Fluid…
- 3D Printed Earthen Shelter Nurtures Young Trees Through Microclimate DesignTreeSoil is a 3D printed earthen structure that creates small protective microclimates for young trees. Developed at the Material Topology Research Lab at the…
- A cabin made from beetle infested wood and concrete 3D printingLeslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic, both assistant professors of architecture at Cornell University in the US and co-principals of design firm HANNAH, designed a…
- The writing (and erasing) on the wallScribit, designed by Carlo Ratti Associati, is the world’s first write and erase robot on any wall, no matter the material. Created by Massachusetts…
- A 3D printed pavilion made from recycled plastic bottlesMEAN (Middle East Architecture Network) designed a 3D printed pavilion made from plywood, 3D printed concrete and 3D printed recycled PET. Designed for Dubai…
- A steam-bent hardwood pavilion made with ARWinner of this year’s Tallinn Architectural Biennial event in Estonia, the Steampunk pavilion is a steam-bent hardwood pavilion, made using primitive hand tools augmented…
- Fibre composite pavilion is inspired by natureEngineers at the University of Stuttgart developed the BUGA Fibre Pavilion, which combines cutting-edge computational technologies with constructional principles found in nature, and is…
- Stainless steel bridge is 3D printed in 6 monthsBack in 2015, MX3D announced its plans to create a fully functional, 3D printed metal bridge. Now, after 6 months of printing by 4…
- Precision bricksYou might suspect that a robot had been involved in the shaping of this impressive brick building. In fact, the precision with which 4000m2…
- Cutting Patterns Give Kirigami Materials New Mechanical PropertiesResearchers at The University of Osaka have developed a new kirigami structure that twists when stretched. Their work shows how carefully designed cut patterns…
- The Ceramic Vault: Reinterpreting Roman Brick Through 3D Clay PrintingThe Ceramic Vault is an experimental architectural prototype developed at the Built Environment Department of Eindhoven University of Technology. Students Jan-Willem Melchers, Thijs Maas…
- Interchangeable 3D Printed Façades for a Nightclub in IbizaLarge-scale 3D printing is moving beyond prototyping and into architectural applications such as façades, screens and temporary structures. A project in Ibiza shows how…
- Growing Architecture: Living Structures from Microbes and MineralsAt the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2025, researchers from ETH Zurich and EPFL unveiled Geological Microbial Formations. This living installation…
- 3D Printed Camper Incorporates Sustainable MaterialsA newly developed, 3D printed camper by LEMKI Robotix and iScale3D demonstrates the potential of additive manufacturing for mobile living. The compact home on wheels…
- Printing houses with earth-based materialsResearchers at ETH Zurich have developed a rapid robotic printing process for earth-based materials that eliminates the need for cement. Entire houses can be…
- A ‘knitted’ road made with stones and stringResearchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) are investigating how roads could be reinforced without the use of bitumen…
- 3D printed structural steel connectorsLarge-scale 3D metal printing company MX3D produced a series of 3D printed structural connector in duplex steel, designed in collaboration with Japanese architecture and…
- A semi-transparent brick façade made with augmented bricklayingResearchers at ETH Zürich and local masons in Greece built a 225 m2 large wavy façade to demonstrate how augmented bricklaying combines the advantages…
- Programmable water-based composites for digital design and fabricationAguahoja, a project by researchers at MIT’s Mediated Matter Group, is a collection of objects digitally design and robotically fabricated from the molecular components…
