3D printing is being used to construct entire building in Amsterdam

Dus Architects is building the worlds first 3D printed house, which is located by a canal in north Amsterdam An industrial scale 3D printer is being used to pipe plastic bricks that will be stacked on top of one another to construct the house The 'room builder' machine pipes plastic lines according to computerised plans just like a gigantic version of a home 3D printer

By Sarah Griffiths

PUBLISHED: 09:19 EST, 1 April 2014 | UPDATED: 10:03 EST, 1 April 2014

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From food to medical instruments, it seems that 3D printing can be used to create almost anything.

And now a team of ambitious architects are using the additive manufacturing technique to build an entire house.

They are using an industrial scale 3D printer called a room builder to engineer the plastic parts that will be fused together to create everything from walls to the furniture.

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3D printing is being used to construct entire building in Amsterdam