When a user pulls the string, the structure moves smoothly into its final 3D form. If the user releases the string, the ...

The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...

The world needs two billion new homes in the next 80 years, the World Economic Forum said in 2018. The United States needs 3.8 million additional new homes just to meet existing consumer demand, ...

For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...

As the first 3D-printed hotel takes shape, we look at what the technology could mean for travel, from cabin components and ...

(Reuters) -Modular building startup Boxabl will go public in the U.S. through a $3.5 billion merger with special purpose acquisition company FG Merger II, the companies said on Tuesday. Modular ...

Modular building, if brought to scale, has the potential to reduce construction costs and make building new homes more affordable, especially in areas experiencing severe affordable housing shortages.