Architects in Texas are printing a hotel using a giant 3D printer and say it allows for more creativity in building.

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.

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.

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,

This project includes construction of 43 new hotel units and 18 residential homes, all created using a 3D printer.

El Cosmico, an existing hotel and campground on the outskirts of the city of Marfa, is expanding. It is building 43 new hotel units and 18 residential homes over 40 acres -- all with a 3D printer. It is the world's first 3D-printed hotel,

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