--- title: Chinese Company WinSun 3D-Printed This 5-Story Apartment Building description: And a 12,000 square foot mansion canonical: https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-20T19:02:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:05.234Z og:title: A Chinese Company 3D-Printed This Five-Story Apartment Building og:description: And a 12,000 square foot mansion og:url: https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Chinese Company 3D-Printed This Five-Story Apartment Building twitter:description: And a 12,000 square foot mansion twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Chinese Company 3D-Printed This Five-Story Apartment Building by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 20, 2015 7:02 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jan 20, 2015 7:02 PM UTC In the not-so-distant future, you might be able to have your [3D printed cake](http://www.wired.com/2014/04/meet-the-couple-who-invented-a-3-d-printer-for-hyper-complicated-candy/) and eat it in your 3D printed apartment. A Chinese company unveiled a five-story apartment building and three-story mansion that were constructed using a 500-foot-long 3D printer, [CNet](http://www.cnet.com/news/worlds-first-3d-printed-apartment-building-constructed-in-china) reports. Construction company WinSun presented the apartment building at Suzhou Industrial Park: > [](https://twitter.com/3DPrintGirl/status/557491524594712577) Here’s the 11,840-square-foot mansion: > [](https://twitter.com/trendwatching/status/557521193990119424) According to CNet, the villa cost about $161,000 to build, decreased production time between 50 and 70 percent and saved between 30 and 60 percent of construction waste. This isn’t WinSun’s first 3D construction feat. In April, the company claimed to print 10 houses in less than 24 hours. The future is here. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/"},"headline":"A Chinese Company 3D-Printed This Five-Story Apartment Building","datePublished":"2015-01-20T19:02:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:05.234Z","description":"And a 12,000 square foot mansion","url":"https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Technology","China"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3674557/3d-printed-apartment-building-winsun/","name":"A Chinese Company 3D-Printed This Five-Story Apartment Building"}}]}] ```