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.

Forget cookie-cutter hotels and predictable layouts. El Cosmico, the beloved campground and hotel on the outskirts of Marfa, Texas, is embarking on an expansion that’s as unique as the West Texas landscape itself.

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.

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,

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

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

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