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 ...

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.

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A company that develops 3D printing technology and helps 3D-print homes and buildings around Central Texas is laying off employees. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, ICON ...

While the transformation of Austin's former airport in East Austin into a massive mixed-use development, 20 years in the making, is nearing completion, the project continues to reach new milestones.

Icon is finishing a project with 100 3D-printed homes in Georgetown, Texas this summer. Each home costs between $450,000 and $600,000. Though U.S. mortgage rates are now at their lowest level in 15 ...