---
title: "In Images: Dubai’s 3D-Printed ‘Office of the Future’ is Officially Open"
description: "Dubai's 3D-printed \"Office of the Future\" is now officially open: it will house the Dubai Future Foundation and will serve as a meeting place for international delegates. Take a look inside."
date: "2016-08-18"
modified: "2016-11-29"
authors:
  - name: "Cecille De Jesus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/cecille"
url: "https://futurism.com/in-images-dubais-3d-printed-office-of-the-future-is-officially-open"
categories:
  - "3D Printing"
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "dubai future foundation"
  - "office of the future"
---

# In Images: Dubai’s 3D-Printed ‘Office of the Future’ is Officially Open

![Default Futurism featured image](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Futurism-Filler-Image.jpg>)

The “Office of the Future” is now officially open…but it won’t be serving as just any office.

Dubai’s 3D-printed building is a 2,700-square-foot, single-story structure printed out of a special mix of concrete, fiber reinforced plastic, and glass fiber reinforced gypsum. And it looks astounding.

![Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the office of the future. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5744962ec4618816068b456a.jpg>)
*Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the Office of the Future. Photo: Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters*

It will serve to promote innovation and enhance communication, specifically as a meeting place for international delegates. It will also house the Dubai Future Foundation, a government initiative dedicated to solving modern society’s biggest challenges.

[![Photo: Dubai government ](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-3.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-3.jpg>)
*Photo: Dubai government*

To that end, Austrian office furniture company Bene furnished its interiors with modern pieces.

![Photo: Dubai government.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vqre.jpg>)
*Photo: Dubai government.*

Earlier this year, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE of Dubai, inaugurated the building as part of his goal to put Dubai in the forefront of global innovation.

[![Dubai](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-6.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-6.jpg>)
*Photo: Dubai government*

The futuristic structure took only 17 days to print—resulting in an 80% reduction on construction costs, 60% on labor, and 60% on waste.

[![Photo: Dubai government ](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-4.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dubai-4.jpg>)
*Photo: Dubai government*

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