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

El Cosmico, an existing hotel and campground on the outskirts of the city of Marfa, is expanding. It is building 43 new hotel units and 18 residential homes over 40 acres -- all with a 3D printer. It is the world's first 3D-printed hotel,

On the grounds of El Cosmico, a 21-acre hotel and campground, an industrial-size 3D printer is working to form the walls of two new model units.

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.

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