• A 4,000-square-foot two-story 3D-printed home is now being built in Houston.

• This multi-story home will be the first of its kind, according to the companies behind the project.

• Texas is becoming a hub of 3D-printed real estate in the US.

Texas is about to get yet another 3D-printed house.

But unlike its printed predecessors, this upcoming single-family home in Houston will be the first multi-story printed project in the US, according to the companies behind the house.

This groundbreaking two-story construction venture is the result of a two-year collaboration with Cornell University and three companies: Peri 3D Construction, design firm Hannah, and construction engineering company Cive.

If you've been following the rapidly growing 3D printing home construction industry, Peri may sound familiar.

The German manufacturing and construction company has both an arm in 3D printing and a minority stake in Danish construction-tech company COBOD …

… the brain power behind the COBOD BOD2, a popular 3D printer that has been deployed around the world to build units like schools and tiny homes.

Source: Cobod, Insider, Insider

and this same printer is now being used to build the upcoming 4,000-square-foot Houston home.

Like other 3D-printed buildings, the two-story Houston project will have uniquely layered walls with curved edges …

… the biggest visual indicators of a 3D-printed home

But unlike other similar buildings, this Houston home will be built using a "hybrid" construction method that combines printable concrete, 3D printing construction tech, and wood framing.

Wood framing may seem like a familiar addition to construction traditionalists.

And that's the point: By integrating the widely used homebuilding technique, the team is able to "increase the applicability" of the tech, according to the press release.

The Houston home will be made up of 3D-printed concrete "cores" that will then be connected by the wood framing …

… a building method that could be used for larger multi-family and mixed-use units in the future, according to the press release.