A Dutch architect is thinking a little bigger about 3-D printing than the tiny-to-midsize trinkets we 've seen so far . He wants to print a house . And a pretty offbeat and innovative one at that . `` Landscape House '' is the brainchild of architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars . He describes it as `` one surface folded in an endless Mobius band , '' or sort of a giant figure 8 . According to its creator , walking through its continuous looping design will seamlessly merge indoors and outdoors in an effort to model nature itself . The house would cost between $ 5 million and $ 6 million , according to the BBC , and there 's already been interest expressed by museums , private individuals and others , according to Ruijssenaars . He told the network that someone in Brazil plans to buy one to display native art he 's found in a nearby national park . All that would be innovative enough on its own . But to take it a step further , the architect plans to build `` Landscape House '' using the emerging technology of 3-D printing . The woman who wants to 'print ' buildings . Commercially available models like the MakerBot are n't exactly up to the task . This requires a printer of enormous size . And Ruijssenaars found one in the D-Shape . Described as a `` mega-scale free form printer '' by its makers , the massive aluminum structure uses sand , which it forms back into a material that 's like marble . For `` Landscape House , '' it will be used to print out blocks that are about 20 feet by 30 feet . Those , along with some fiberglass and concrete reinforcements , will be used to create the building . `` 3D printing is amazing , '' Ruijssenaars told the BBC . `` For me as an architect it 's been a nice way to construct this specific design -- it has no beginning and no end , and with the 3-D printer we can make it look like that . '' He says his first `` Landscape House '' is expected to be completed by the end of 2014 .
Dutch architect to create the first building done with 3-D printing . `` Landscape House '' would be a huge figure 8 that lets people seamlessly go in and out . The D-Shape 3-D printer will crank out 20-by-30-foot marblelike blocks for it . Price is $ 5 million to $ 6 million ; the architect hopes to finish it in 2014 .