Using 3D-printed concrete, this 3-story apartment building in Europe was completed in about a month with notably higher efficiency than traditional methods.

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial ...

These days, 3D printing is never far from the public eye. Its vast and imaginative array of applications is constantly growing, from life-saving medical implants to life-ending firearms. Now, ...

Last week Nathan Weinberg wrote at his InsideGoogle blog comparing Google Earth’s 3D model of the Miami SuperBowl Stadium verses the one in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D). He made some pretty ...

No audio available for this content. Cesium users now have access to Cesium OSM Buildings, a global base layer of more than 350 million 3D buildings. Cesium OSM Buildings expands the suite of Cesium ...

Google apparently thought the 3D buildings in Flight Simulator mode would slow down performance for some computers. So, starting with Google Earth 4.3 they automatically disable the 3D buildings layer ...

Construction 3D printing has been in the headlines for a few years now, but most attention grabs are misleading. “A 3D printed house in 24 hours!” really means that a large concrete extruder has 3D ...

Google Maps has had the capability to display buildings in 3D for a while, but now the app is testing the feature to show 3D buildings during navigation on both the mobile app and Android Auto. By ...

A new data center building under construction in Heidelberg, Germany, is set to be Europe's largest 3D-printed structure. The technology shows promise, but challenges to its widespread adoption remain ...

It might not exactly sound appealing to live in, but a Chinese company has constructed two buildings using a 3D printer that recycles industrial waste to form new building material. Shanghai-based ...

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