Futuro
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Futuro is a round, prefabricated house designed by Matti Suuronen, about 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The distinctive flying saucer like shape and airplane hatch entrance has made the houses popular among collectors. The Futuro is composed of polyester plastic and fiberglass, measuring about 3 meters high and 8 meters in diameter.
Buckminster Fuller designed and built the similarly round prefabricated Dymaxion House.
In 1998 Finnish film director Mika Taanila made a documentary film Futuro - A New Stance For Tomorrow on Futuro house.
[edit] External links
- Compendium of information related to the Futuro
- fan site
- Mika Taanila's Futuro documentary film
- New York Times article on the Futuro
- Futuro at the archINFORM database - with worldwide map of Futuro locations
- Futuro pod that can be rented in Wisconsin
