For example, Icon’s printers made building walls 30% cheaper, and the company expects similar savings on foundations and roofs using the new printer. Ballard said Icon's ability to reduce the ...

Icon's Jason Ballard, Adam Neumann and Bjarke Ingels with next-generation 3D building printer (Icon, Joe Lovinger, Getty) Mar 12, 2024, 6:54 PM. By . Joe Lovinger; Save article. SHARE THIS ARTICLE.

The company also unveiled the winners of Initiative 99 during Tuesday’s showcase.. The global design competition asked architects to design a 3D printed home that could be built for under $99,000.

In November 2022, Icon and Lennar started 3D printing homes for a new neighborhood in Texas.Now, according to a report by Reuters, the 100-home project is nearly complete.. While foundations, roofing, ...

The printer, ICON's Vulcan, is 46.5 feet wide, 15.5 feet high, and weighs nearly five tons—the size of a crane. According to Reuters, it has already begun building two units, ...