Azure Printed Homes, based in Gardena, CA, 3-D prints homes from recycled plastic. Time magazine named it one of the best inventions of 2025.
Azure co-founder Gene Eidelman spent the day showing curious onlookers the X_180, a 180-square-foot “studio on the move” that can be transported on a chassis.
Eidelman said the industry is ready for new ideas. One of these homes can be printed in a matter of hours and starts at $69,900. The units have drawn interest from ‘glampers’ and can also be used as accessory dwelling units.
Realtor.com® caught up with the company at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development‘s Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
See the full interview with Eidelman in the video above.
Tristan Navera is a senior reporter on housing policy, covering trends and solutions in the housing market from Washington, DC. He was previously a senior reporter at Bloomberg Law, and before that covered real estate for the Washington Business Journal. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade reporting on business and real estate in Dayton and Columbus, OH. A Cincinnati native, he holds a journalism degree from Ohio University.
