Before technology’s integration, product development was typically a long and expensive process. With digital fabrication, it has become much faster, cheaper and more agile for teams and businesses.

Many building processes still involve sub-standard working conditions and are not compellingly sustainable. Current research on the integration of digital technologies within construction processes ...

At a research meeting in late 2010, a primatologist studying monkey genetics took a tour of a university’s digital fabrication shop. She mentioned that her field research had stalled because a ...

More than three-quarters of mechanical contractors say owners and general contractors now require fabrication capabilities, according to newly released study “BIM and fabrication management software ...

Can digital fabrication unlock a new frontier in low-cost timber construction? All signs point to yes in the IBA Timber Prototype House, a micro-architecture project that’s been playfully described as ...

There is too much coverage in the press about the wonders of 3D printing and it's a distraction from the real revolution, argues Neil Gershenfeld, the head of MIT's Centre for Bits and Atoms. "The ...

Digital fabrication has been a popular discussion among architecture and design professionals. Students are digitally fabricating their models and building their own personalized 3D printers. What was ...

College of DuPage Arts students now have new ways to bring their ideas to life in COD’s Digital Fabrication Studio. The multipurpose, creative space gives students access to hand tools, a number of ...

Society faces enormous challenges in constructing high-quality, future-oriented built environments. Construction sites today look much like the building sites did at the beginning of the 20th century.

Many building processes still involve sub-standard working conditions and are not compellingly sustainable. Current research on the integration of digital technologies within construction processes ...