It took developers 45 days to produce all the components to make the villa in Beijing, Hexun. com reported.

The technology is used to prefabricate steel and concrete structures which can then be assembled on site.

The building covers 400 square metres and the report said it was so robust it can withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.

Twenty tonnes of steel and 380 cubic metres of concrete were used in its construction, according to the article.

Experts were quoted as saying that 3D printing saves construction and labour costs.