Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Futuro
open-in-new
<p>A Futuro house, or Futuro Pod, is a round, <a href="/facts/Prefabrication/G7l5Ho06">prefabricated</a> house designed by <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finnish</a> architect <a href="/facts/Matti_Suuronen/UD1SEtmo">Matti Suuronen</a>, of which fewer than 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The shape, reminiscent of a <a href="/facts/Flying_saucer/wI0Ifw1j">flying saucer</a>, and the structure's airplane hatch entrance has made the houses sought after by collectors. The Futuro is composed of <a href="/facts/Fiberglass/T6MtJ4ep">fiberglass</a>-reinforced <a href="/facts/Polyester/Ivp9CHpl">polyester</a> plastic, polyester-<a href="/facts/Polyurethane/qNo2KSXA">polyurethane</a>, and <a href="/facts/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)/CnCRBo5F">poly(methyl methacrylate)</a>, measuring 4 metres (13 feet) high and 8 metres (26 feet) in diameter. </p>