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ICON was founded in late 2017 and launched during SXSW in March 2018 with the first permitted 3D-printed home in the U.S. That 350-square-foot house took about 48 hours (at 25% speed) to print.
ICON is unveiling the world’s first 3D-printed performance pavilion at The Long Center. (KXAN Photo) It only took 14 days to construct before South by Southwest began.
Commenting on the project, Jason Ballard, ICON’s CEO, stated that this is the first time in the history of the world when we’re witnessing a fleet of robots building an entire community of ...
ICON is currently constructing three homes as part of the Mueller Affordable Homes Program, an effort by the development to ...
Leading 3D printing firm Icon has revealed an ambitious competition that aims to revolutionize affordable housing. Named Initiative 99, it will solicit designs for 3D-printed homes that can be ...
Icon has partnered with NASA to pioneer 3D printing on the moon. NASA has announced a series of Artemis missions with the goal of returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time in ...
3D printing company ICON opened its first model home for the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)–designed single family development as part of Wolf Ranch in Georgetown, Texas this past weekend.
Ballard said that for a long time, the way you got a $99,000 home was building a square house with cheap materials without an architect. "We've spent a lot of our time the last few years maturing ...
The homes also have to comply with residential building code requirements, and be possible to build using ICON’s Vulcan 3D printer. Outside of those must-haves, participants are encouraged to think ...
Many 3D printed family homes — including Icon's previous builds — are single-story, with the only printed components being its walls. The rest of the house has to be built traditionally.
In March, Icon will announce the winners of a global $1 million competition called Initiative 99 to create a design for a 3D-printed house that can be built for $99,000.
Texas -based 3D technology company ICON, has broken ground on what will become the world’s largest 3D-printed community. The neighborhood located North of Austin in Georgetown, Texas will ...