"Curve Appeal" will be globe's first Freeform 3D printed house

2016-07-06T14:11:00-04:00

First, it was an office, and now, it's an entire 3D printed house. Well, mostly 3D printed: while the "primary vertical structure, roof, and large portions of the facade will be freeform 3D printed, the glass enclosure and interior finishes will be conventional construction" for the future Chattanooga, Tennessee house, according to a Forbes article.

Freeform 3D printing is far more versatile than traditional 3D printing, primarily because it allows designers to create shapes in open space, while traditional 3D printing requires that the printer be larger than the object it is trying to create.

In this particular case, a 3D-printed matrix of carbon-reinforced ABS plastic will be used to print the complex outer facade of the house. No official construction cost has been released as of yet; the 800 square foot house, which was designed by WATG’s Urban Architecture Studio, has an estimated completion date of 2017.

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill selected to design Burj 2020, the world's tallest commerical tower

2015-06-18T18:06:00-04:00

Tall buildings specialist Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS + GG) has been chosen by the master developer of Dubai’s Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) district to design the Burj 2020 tower - set to be the world’s tallest commercial tower. [...] The Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat ranks New York’s One World Trade Center as the world’s tallest commercial tower, at 541 metres. The height of Burj 2020 is yet to be revealed.

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"Curve Appeal" will be globe's first Freeform 3D printed house

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill selected to design Burj 2020, the world's tallest commerical tower