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advertisement reads, "The FUTURO's steel-legged base is adaptable to virtually any terrain, from flatground to a 20 degree incline ... Ideal for Beach, Skiing, Mountain areas and commercial uses." However, a key limitation to this narrative was the need for electricity and plumbing to be installed in
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the first model in a series of holiday homes to be licensed in 50 countries, already mass-produced in the United States, Australia and
Belgium. The segments of the elliptic envelope are assembled on the site using a metal footing. Through its shape and materials used, the house can be erected in very
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One has been located at South Morang, (Melbourne, Victoria) go kart track for more than 25 years where it has been used as a storage unit at the track. Duncan McIntyre bought the Futuro and moved it from its original location in
Greensborough (Melbourne, Victoria) to the track. Duncan bought it from
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A UK artist, Craig Barnes, purchased and restored a Futuro house in 2013-14. He had discovered the wreck whilst on holiday in South Africa and had it shipped back to the UK before commencing restoration. This Futuro house, the only one in the UK, was on display to the public as part of an exhibition
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led to an abrupt halt in plastic production. Synthetics became very expensive to produce. Additionally, the public was shifting their view of plastics from a miracle material to an ecological concern. These problems provide context to the discontinuation of the Futuro House. Fewer than 100 were made
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At least nine standard Futuro Houses and one Futuro House with eight windows were constructed in New Jersey in the 1970s to 1980s. However, many did not last past the 1980s and were demolished. These pods were installed mostly in shopping centre parking lots. At least one of each model served as
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The final houses are located in Deep Creek, South
Australia, and on the campus grounds of the University of Canberra. This Futuro, thought to be manufactured in New Zealand, arrived in Canberra in 1972. It spent time at the Canberra Space Dome (Planetarium) and Observatory in Dickson in 1997 and
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There are approximately 63 confirmed Futuro Houses in existence across the world. They are in: Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States of
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A Futuro House was used as a green room for artists at the Falls
Festival in Lorne (Victoria), before its Kyneton owner sold it in 2016 to be shipped to Perth (Australia). Another Futuro House has been in Perth since the late 60s placed on the corner of two roads.
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Finland ("Futuro no. 001 – documentation and evaluation of preservation need"). The thesis is openly available via the Finnish Theses database and contains a large number of indoor detail photographs and drawings of the Futuro House.
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The Futuro home was primarily marketed towards young adults as an avant-garde retreat. Their promotion emphasized the versatility of the home in different locations and an excerpt from a
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The material chosen for the project—fiberglass-reinforced polyester plastic—was familiar to
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order for the structure to be fully habitable. Many surviving structures have been retrofitted to allow for these needs and as a result the form
Suuronen intended is compromised.
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and it is estimated that today around 60 of the original Futuro Houses survive, owned mostly by private individuals. The prototype (serial number 000) is in the collection of
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In 2010, Finnish conservator Anna-Maija
Kuitunen made a damage assessment plan for the first Futuro ever made (serial number 001). This was done as her final thesis for the
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Futuro Homes in the USA were manufactured by the Futuro
Corporation of Philadelphia. Some still stand today and many of these structures existed in New Jersey.
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small-scale bank branches. This use of these Futuro houses was likely due to zoning regulations at the time that would have made it difficult to live in one.
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insulation and electric heating system, the house could be heated to a comfortable temperature in only thirty minutes, from -29 to +16 °C (-20 to +60 °F).
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Anna-Maija Kuitunen: Futuro no. 001 – documentation and evaluation of preservation need. 2010, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
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a real estate agent who used the Futuro as a temporary booth for sales of land at a new housing estate called Apollo Parkways.
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for many years, though it had fallen into disrepair before being completely destroyed by fire on 19 October 2022.
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cold mountains or even by the sea. The area is 50 sq m, the volume 140 cubic m, divided by adaptable partitions.
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is restoring a Futuro house. It will be placed in front of the museum at the new playground during May 2021.
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ordered a Futuro House demolished. Shortly after the turn of the century, a Futuro House was purchased on
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as temporary banking structures. Following the games, the Futuro Houses were put up for sale.
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