It's hard to use printers to build houses. This startup says it's found a solution — by creating a 3D printed home starter kit.

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On Tuesday, construction-tech startup Icon announced a collection of new 3D printing tech: a multi-story printer, a "low-carbon" concrete printing mix, a digital catalog of home designs, and an AI home designer.

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This 3D printed home in Detroit can be yours for $224,500 — see what it's like inside the 2-bedroom house

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Citizen Robotics completed

Citizen Robotics

Gen Z is living with their parents to save money. But it's going to cost them, big time.

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Like millennials, Gen Z is living with their parents well into their 20s. But in the long run, it may not be a good idea.

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The key to happiness might be living within walking distance of a coffee shop

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Circus Cooperative Cafe is an employee-owned coffee shop, at 31 Putnam Avenue in Cambridge, MA.
Circus Cooperative Cafe is an employee-owned coffee shop in Cambridge, MA.

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Millennials have become their own worst enemy in the housing market

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A millennial couple moving into their new home.
A millennial couple moving into their new home.

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A 3D-printed home builder demolished a house before it was complete. Here's why.

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Zachary Mannheimer, Alquist 3D's founder, says issues like expensive materials are still preventing the construction 3D printing industry from producing cheaper homes.

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See inside a 3D-printed tiny home being built to help address LA's housing crisis

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Woodbury University School of Architecture is 3D printing the exterior walls of its 425-square-foot tiny home, dubbed the Solar Futures House, as shown in its rendering.

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How much the typical first-time home buyer puts toward a down payment and where they get the money

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The typical first-time homebuyer's down payment is less than 10% in the US.

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Americans ditched big cities during the pandemic. Now many are regretting it.

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The dream of owning a home with a yard in the suburbs is turning out to be disappointing.

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New York City will pay homeowners up to $395,000 to build an extra dwelling in their garage or basement to help ease the housing shortage

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An ADU model in New York City.
An Ecological Living Module, a 22-square-meter "tiny house", is displayed at the United Nations headquarters in New York, July 16, 2018.

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