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Futurist in the press: How 3D printed homes could solve Britain’s housing crisis, The Telegraph
3D printed houses can be made quickly and cheaply, and for governments facing a housing crisis this disruptive new technology is becoming increasingly interesting ...
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Griffin, M. (2020) 'Futurist in the press: How 3D printed homes could solve Britain’s housing crisis, The Telegraph', 311 Institute, 23 October. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-how-3d-printed-homes-could-solve-britains-housing-crisis-the-telegraph/ (Accessed: 1 October 2026).
Firstly, thank you to Hannah at the Telegraph for asking me to contribute to her article in which we covered the future of housing, and more specifically the future of 3D printed houses and their ability to disrupt the construction industry and solve many country’s self-professed housing crises.
This particular article was followed up with a number of radio interviews across a mix of European radio stations, and in the main it seemed that the vast majority of people felt that this technology does indeed have the potential to do what it says on the tin – namely reduce the cost and time it takes to build high quality, comfortable, affordable homes. Which, bearing in mind that technology always gets better, cheaper, and faster, means that it seems almost inevitable that as companies, like ApisCor and Icon improve their processes and technology, and as governments and local regulators continue to give them the green light, that this could indeed be the way that all future homes, as well as office spaces like these ones in Dubai, could be built. So, watch this space.
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3D printed houses can be made quickly and cheaply, and for governments facing a housing crisis this disruptive new technology is becoming increasingly interesting ...
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Matthew Griffin Founder, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 15-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder and Futurist in Chief of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
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As the former Global Head of Cloud, National Security, and Enterprise Sales for companies including Atos, Dell-EMC, and IBM, Matthew has a proven track record of building multi-billion dollar business units and turning failing divisions into market leaders. His ability to identify, analyse, and communicate the implications of hundreds of emerging technologies and trends is unparalleled, and his insights are trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, including ABB, Accenture, Adidas, AON, ARM, BCG, Centrica, Citi, Coca-Cola, Dentons, Deloitte, Dow Jones, EY, Google, KPMG, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, RWE, Samsung, Siemens AG and Siemens Energy, T-Mobile, UBS, VISA, Walmart, Workday, Worldpay and many others.
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- 3d printed homes could solve britains housing crisis telegraph.co.uk
Source: first published by the 311 Institute on 23 October 2020. Cite as: Griffin, M. (2020). Futurist in the press: How 3D printed homes could solve Britain’s housing crisis, The Telegraph. 311 Institute. https://www.311institute.com/featured-futurist-how-3d-printed-homes-could-solve-britains-housing-crisis-the-telegraph/
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