ICON develops 3D printer to build enclosed multi-storey structures
Texas-based ICON has unveiled Phoenix, a robotic-arm-mounted 3D printer that can create fully-enclosed, multi-storey structures from a low-carbon mixture, at SXSW. More
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ICON launches $1 million competition to design affordable housing prototypes
Promotion: US construction technology company ICON has launched a global architecture competition calling architects and designers to submit 3D-printed designs that can be built for under $99,000. More
"Give me a team of bricklayers over a 3D printer every time" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the first 3D-printed house to be completed at the "largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes in the world". More
BIG and ICON complete first 3D-printed house in Texas neighbourhood
Danish architecture studio BIG and American 3D-printing firm ICON have completed a full-sized model home at what is planned to be the "largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes in the world". More
ICON announces a global competition to reimagine affordable housing
Promotion: Texan construction technology company ICON has announced a global competition calling on the architecture community to submit home designs that can be built for under $99,000 (USD). More
BIG and ICON design 3D-printed campground hotel in Marfa
Danish studio BIG and 3D-construction firm ICON are designing a desert campground and housing project called El Cosmico for hotelier Liz Lambert, in Marfa, Texas. More
NASA funds ICON to develop lunar 3D-printing construction technology
Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon's surface. More
Construction commences on BIG and ICON's community of 3D-printed homes in Texas
Construction is underway on a community of 100 3D-printed homes in Texas co-designed by Danish architecture studio BIG and American construction technology company ICON. More
ICON and Lake Flato build 3D-printed House Zero in Austin
Construction technology outfit ICON and architecture studio Lake Flato have completed a 3D-printed, modern ranch-style home in Austin to be displayed during the SXSW festival. More
BIG and ICON to create world's "largest neighbourhood" of 3D-printed homes
Construction companies ICON and Lennar are collaborating with architecture studio BIG to create a neighbourhood of 100 3D-printed houses in Austin, Texas. More
Logan Architecture and ICON complete "first 3D-printed homes for sale in the US"
A quartet of houses designed by local firm Logan Architecture and built from 3D-printed concrete by construction tech company ICON has completed in Austin, Texas. More
BIG and ICON to 3D-print structure exploring "new Martian vernacular" for NASA
Bjarke Ingels' studio BIG is collaborating with construction technology company ICON and NASA to create Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed structure designed to simulate living on Mars. More
ICON builds 3D-printed houses from disaster-proof concrete in Texas
Developer 3Strands and construction technology company ICON have built four 3D-printed houses in Austin, Texas, from concrete that's designed to cope with extreme weather. More
BIG and NASA collaborate to design 3D-printed buildings for the moon
BIG and 3D-printed building company ICON have revealed they are working on Project Olympus, which aims to develop robotic construction for the moon. More
Yves Béhar designs "world's first 3D-printed community" for Latin America
Designer Yves Béhar has revealed plans to build 3D-printed houses for an impoverished farming community in Latin America. More