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2023 Could Be the Year of 3D Printed Homes in the US: Photos

Next year, homes built using 3D printers could be the hottest trend in the home construction industry.



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Throughout 2022, homes built using 3D printers have popped up across the world from a luxury house with printed walls in Austin, Texas …

Icon's over 2,000-square-foot House Zero in Austin. There's a driveway leading up to the home.

Icon’s over 2,000-square-foot House Zero in Austin.

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Source: Insider

And the momentum behind printed homes won’t be slowing down in the new year.

The walls of a 3D printed home among a construction site.




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Several major 3D printing construction projects are slated to finish next year.

The ADU in a backyard




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And by the end of 2023, we could see people living in 3D-printed homes made of recycled plastic …

People in front of an ADU



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… studying in printed schools …

Thinking Huts' 3D printed school building with flowers in the foreground.



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… and reserving units for a 100-home community built with the help of several printers.

Icon's 100-home 3D printed community




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The housing market has been in flux over the last few years amid COVID-19, inflation, supply chain restraints, fluctuating demand, and rising interest rates.

Housing market home for sale

People walk by a sold sign in front of a house along the Erie Canal in Pittsford, New York, on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021.

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A 3D printer can’t solve all of these problems.

A 3D printer is building a concrete house.



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But proponents of the construction tech — like Zack Mannheimer, CEO of 3D printing construction startup Alquist — believe printing may alleviate some of the sore spots in the traditional home building process.

A 3D printer printing concrete onto a wall. A person is kneeling next to the printer.




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Source: Insider

Using 3D printers to build houses reduces the time, cost, waste, and physical labor needed to construct a home.

the printer printing a home

The 3D printer.

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In the future, these cuts will be more dramatic.

A printer creating a 3D printed home.




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But as of now, many companies have yet to achieve what they say will be the full potential of the nascent technology.

Inside the 3D printed home



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And the majority of startups are only printing the layered walls, leaving the remainder of the home to be built “traditionally” …

The home being 3D printed

The site of the 3D-printed home.

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