Architects in Texas are printing a hotel using a giant 3D printer and say it allows for more creativity in building.

It is the world’s first 3D-printed hotel, says El Cosmico owner Liz Lambert and the partners behind the project – Austin, Texas-based 3D printing company ICON and architects Bjarke Ingels Group. Lambert said the technology allows for unprecedented creativity.

The hospitality industry and 3D printing technology are converging in a West Texas desert, building what is being called the world’s first 3D-printed hotel. An industrial-size printer is extruding layer after layer of a concrete mixture to form the walls of the hotel’s first two model units.

It is the world's first 3D-printed hotel, says El Cosmico owner Liz Lambert and the partners behind the project - Austin, Texas-based 3D printing company ICON and architects Bjarke Ingels Group. Lambert said the technology allows for unprecedented creativity.

In Marfa, Texas, a crane-sized 3D printer is constructing the world's first 3D-printed hotel. The project involves creating 43 new hotel units and 18 residential homes using a special cement-based material called Lavacrete.

Through 3D printing, MIT engineers have developed recyclable glass bricks that interlock like LEGO, offering a sustainable solution for building structures that can be easily reassembled and repurposed.

Renderings of the new hotel located in Marfa, Texas reveal a sprawling pool and luxury bath house also offered at the site

E l Cosmico, a hotel and campground site in Marfa, Texas — about an eight-hour drive from Dallas — is building two model units using a giant 3D printer. These examples will fo