By Evan Garcia MARFA, Texas (Reuters) -It looks like any other 3D printer - except it's the size of a crane and is, layer by layer, building a hotel in the Texan desert. El Cosmico, an existing hotel and campground on the outskirts of the city of Marfa,

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.

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

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.

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.

A 3D-printed hotel project, said to be a world-first, is taking shape in Marfa, a city in Texas, US. This project is the result of an expansion of El Cosmico, an existing hotel and campground, which will now extend over a 60-acre plot.

El Cosmico, an established hotel and campsite on the outskirts of Marfa, is constructing 18 private dwellings and 43 additional hotel apartments, all of which will have 3D printers. TakeAway Points: El Cosmico,