ICON print technician John McDonald monitors the Vulcan 3D printer as it lays down the walls for a 3D-printed hotel and residence in Marfa, Texas, U.S. Evan Garcia / REUTERS MARFA, Texas — It looks ...

The printer is named Vulcan II and it was made by ICON, an Austin-based construction technology company. It took three years of prototyping to get a printer capable of this project, the company said.

Evan Garcia / Reuters GEORGETOWN — As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer works layer by layer to build an object — except this printer is more than 45 feet wide, weighs 4.75 tons and ...

A fleet of giant 3D-printing robots is now working on the largest community of 3D-printed homes in the world, with reservations for the houses being scheduled to begin soon. 3D printing has evolved ...

From Kenya to Mexico, Texas, and beyond, 3D-printed houses are starting to go up all over the world. Besides providing a durable and aesthetically pleasing structure, one of the biggest goals of ...

When Lawrence Nourzad began his house hunt in Austin, TX, he did not expect to end up in a home built by a robot. The Austin native, 32, had long been eyeing condos near the city’s downtown area. At ...

From carbon fiber to concrete and bamboo, additive manufacturing—the industrial term for 3D-printing—utilizes many different materials and techniques. And now, with a significant need for ...

Following its Wolf Ranch and House Zero homes, leading 3D-printed-architecture firm Icon continues to push forward its cutting-edge building techniques with a development in Marfa, Texas. Created in ...

An Austin company will play a key role as NASA aims to return to the moon and establish a base camp on the lunar surface. Icon, the Austin-based construction company that uses giant 3D printers to ...

Jason Ballard, an entrepreneur who once thought he would be a preacher, believes 3-D printing is the solution to fill the ...