Futuro

English

A Futuro house.

Noun

Futuro (plural Futuros)

1. A prefabricated house shaped like a flying saucer, made of plastics and polymers, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen and produced from 1968 to the 1980s.
   • 2003, Sean Topham, Where's My Space Age?: The Rise and Fall of Futuristic Design, Prestel Pub:

     The film raised many questions about the utopian future that was promised at the height of the space age and how quickly such promises were forgotten. The documentary closes on the poignant image of one of the few remaining Futuro [structures].

   • 2003, Liesbeth Melis, Parasite Paradise: A Manifesto for Temporary Architecture and Flexible Urbanism, Nai Uitgevers Pub:

     All in all, 20 Futuros were produced in Finland between 1968 and 1978 and at least 25 countries were sold a production license. Marko Horne and Mika Taanila, who have made a film and a book about the Futuro, have managed to track ...

   • 2008, Barry Bergdoll, Peter Christensen, Friedrich Von Borries, Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling, The Museum of Modern Art, →ISBN, page 140:

     Some one hundred Futuros were manufactured between 1968 and 1978, and while the house has come to typify a short-lived architectural movement linked largely with the aesthetics of science fiction, its form belies its significance as an  ...

   • 2015, Moira Butterfield, Homes Around the World, Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 28:

     If you find a Futuro House, you've found a rare treasure!

   • 2017, Lonely Planet, Secret Marvels of the World: 360 extraordinary places you never knew existed and where to find them, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

     ... a hatch-like entry and drop-down staircase – but it's actually one of the world's only remaining examples of a Futuro House, designed by visionary Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. Originally intended as ski chalets or holiday houses, ...

Anagrams

• Furuto, fur out