China-made world's first functional 3D printed building opens in Dubai

Updated: 2016-05-30 14:40

By Wu Yan(chinadaily.com.cn)

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (L), Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrives for the official opening of the world's first functional 3D printed offices in Dubai on May 23, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

With space for exhibition, seminar and other functional purposes, the office building, next to Emirates Towers, will become the temporary headquarters of Dubai Future Foundation.

The building is part of Dubai's future 3D printing strategy, which aims to make the city into a center of 3D printing technologies before 2030.