Now an Austin-based startup called Icon can erect a house nearly 200 times ... The hyperspeed fabrication is the work of a megasize 3D printer—picture a MakerBot on steroids—named the Vulcan.

Tuesday during SXSW, Icon held an event where the company made a host of project announcements and unveiled its newest printer, new concrete construction material, a design catalog and an ...

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. ICON revealed the demountable ...

Ballard also runs Treehouse, a company that focuses on sustainable home upgrades. Using the Vulcan printer, ICON can print an entire home for $10,000 and plans to bring costs down to $4,000 per house.

Austin company Icon is using a 3D printer and low-cost materials to construct houses for the homeless. Icon will build six tiny homes in Austin's Community First Village. The company's 3D printer ...