According to the architects, the rugged geography and climate change are intensifying the threat of flooding in New Zealand and, paradoxically, increasing drought frequency. The ongoing housing crisis ...

Icon, a 3D-printing construction technology company, is laying off more than 100 employees, according to a WARN notice posted this week. The Austin startup is laying off 114 employees, realigning its ...

Designing a house that could be built for under $99,000 might seem difficult or even impossible, but it's the idea behind a contest by Austin-based Icon, a 3D-printing construction company, this year ...

Icon has talked a big game about the possibilities of its 3D-printing home technology, but now it’s ready to build. The company will construct one of its first housing developments in Wimberley, a ...

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 ...

Jason Ballard, CEO and co-founder of Austin-based construction startup Icon, envisions a future where the homebuilding process, powered by robots and artificial intelligence, could cost half of what ...

Construction companies have been experimenting with 3D printing for years, but next year, a major homebuilder will break ground in Austin, Texas, on what will be the largest such development to date.