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BLUE-SKY THINKING

3D-printed designs

ust as the home printer feels anachronistic, architecture made via 3D printing is all the rage. Why? Much of the waste associated with new buildings is from a fragmented construction process – too many steps, too little time. Architects are looking towards 3D-printed structures as the new way to optimise construction with minimal waste. And that’s not all; 3D-printed designs enable all sorts of curvy, textured forms, while also allowing architects to dream up high-precision architectural models from the get-go. But the bigger bonus here is the ease with

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