25 Underbara Hem - #2/2010 | Purchased 092117

The Swedish publication 25 Underbara Hem featured a multi page article on the
Åland Islands Futuro in its 2010 #2 issue. The article included a brief history and a series of photos.
Anna - 082669 | Purchased 061518


Finnish magazine
Anna, published by
OtavaMedia, describes itself as the "most widely-read weekly women's magazine in Finland". A multi-page article based on an interview with Futuro creator Matti Suuronen was included in its 082669 issue. There are no Futuro photos accompanying the article.
We have not yet had an opportunity to try to get this article translated but we will update this section if and when we are able to obtain a translation.
Apu - #49/120569 | Purchased 082813


Issue 49 (120569) of the Finnish Magazine
Apu includes a four page (pages 44 to 47) article on the Futuro House. The article is accompanied by several photos including some excellent interior shots. Being in Finnish this of course is another article we cannot read and have added to the growing list of things we need to have translated at some point.
Issue 38 (092068) of Apu also contains a Futuro House article.
Architect - December 2015 | Purchased 122815
Architect Magazine, the journal of the
American Institute Of Architects includes a single page feature on "
Futuro 22" in their
December 2015 issue. The feature includes a single photo and a short commentary.
Architect Victoria - Autumn 2010 | Purchased 030419
Architect Victoria is the official journal of the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter. The Autumn 2010 issue of the publication featured several photos of the
South Morang Futuro on the cover and it included a short article on the Futuro accompanied by a single photo on page 27.
Architektur & Wohnen - #3/2008 | Purchased 070616


The German publication
Architektur & Wohnen (or in English "Architecture & Living") included a nice multi-page article on Futuro in the 3/2008 issue.
The article is largely about the
Berlin Futuro and includes commentary, some great photos, a little historical information and an interview with owner Cora Geißler. As is the case every time we see photos of Cora's Futuro we are amazed at its awesome condition.
Arvoasunto - #2/2008 | Purchased 032118

Arvopaperi is a monthly Finnish language business magazine with a focus on financial and investment news published in
Helsinki, Finland. Arvoasunto, which Google translates as "Luxury Property" is a bi-annual supplement to Arvopaperi.
The 2/2008 issue of Arvoasunto includes an article on the Futuro that was located in Luumäki in the early 1970's (this Futuro is now located in
Pöytyä). As yet we do not have a translation of the article so we have no idea whether there is any new information contained in the text.
Avotakka - May 1969 | Purchased 100914

Finnish interior design magazine
Avotakka featured the Futuro House in the May 1969 issue. This is yet another item added to our growing list of items that we will have to get translated at some point.
Futuro #001, at the time located in
Hirvensalmi,
Finland and now located at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center in
Espoo, was featured on the cover and inside the magazine.
There is an article that includes several color photos on pages 4-7 and a second piece on pages 28-29 which seems to give details of the various features of the Futuro in three distinct sections; the stand, the shell and the interior. There is also a small advertisement for Futuro on page 71.
Bauwelt - #40/71 100471 | Purchased 101415


The 100471 issue (#40/71) of the German architecture publication
Bauwelt includes an article on the 1971 IKA or "
Internationale Kunststoffhaus Ausstellung der Welt" on pages 1596-1597 (and no it is not a 1600 page magazine, the page numbers presumably flow through multiple issues).
The article is of course in German so we are unable to read it; it is accompanied by photos of many of the structures that were displayed at the exhibition including one exterior and one interior shot of a Futuro House.
Bauwelt - #44/04 111904 | Purchased 121115

The 111904 issue (#44/04) of the German architecture publication
Bauwelt includes, on page 36, a review of the iconic book
Futuro: Tomorrow's House from Yesterday edited by Marko Home & Mika Taanila. The review is a text only review; there are no accompanying photos.
Вокруг Света - April 1985 | Purchased 070716
Update 082016
We were recently able to add a print copy of this publication to this collection to replace the digital copy that we previously had.
Update 080616
We received an email from Len this past week in which he told us that there was little mention of the Futuro in the magazine other than in the contents section where the cover was described. That said that little section was actually very interesting as it described the Futuro as being used as a search and rescue station; a use we had not heard of before. Len tells us the section translates roughly as follows:
"
On the cover: Soviet Union. The main Caucasian ridge. Dombai glade, which is also called "clearing climbers". It is at the junction of three valleys, surrounded by peaks Belalakaya, Sofrudju and others. The slopes of the mountains the glaciers comes down ... Here is the station control and rescue service. Experienced rescuers is always ready to help those who are in distress in the mountains ... Photo by our reader A. Chuprakova"
Many thanks for the info Len.
Original Information 070916

Вокруг Света or "Around The World" is Russia's oldest popular science and regional studies journal and, with a couple of breaks (1918-1927 & 1941-1945) has been published continuously since 1861.
The April 1985 issue, #2535, featured the
Dombai Futuro on the cover. A copy of the magazine in .pdf format can be downloaded
here. We have been unable to find any reference to the Futuro inside the magazine. Of course it is in Russian so there may very well be something we are missing.
Art New Zealand - Spring 2019 | Purchased 111419

Issue #171 (Spring 2019) of the publication
Art New Zealand which describes itself as "the major visual arts journal in New Zealand" carried a multi-page article on Futuro titled "Form Follows Fantasy".
The article was focused on the history and current status of New Zealand Futuros with particular reference to Nick McQuoid's
collection of Futuros and the
Warrington Futuro.
Photos/images accompanying the article also include, among others, shots of
Paringa River, the interior of Craig Barnes' "
Futuro 22", a floor plan and a couple of photos of the
Futuro used by the Bank of New Zealand at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.
Both this website and "yours truly" are cited as sources for some of the information in the article.
Since this magazine came to us shrink-wrapped in mint condition and it was previously listed in this collection as a "digital item" we have retained the original imgages of the digital version here rather than removing the magazine from the shrink-wrap and photographing the actual item.
Atomic Ranch - Design Issue 2022 | Purchased 121822
Atomic Ranch publishes a Design Issue once a year and the
2022 Design Issue includes a nice little feature on the Futuro House.
The article includes a little general history (nothing new) and is accompanied by photos of
Saint Ouen, the
UK Futuro and the
Pensacola Beach Futuro as well as a old brochure cover.
American Home - September 1969 | Purchased 120712

The September 1969 issue of American Home magazine contains an article about the Futuro House on pages 68-71 that includes some nice photos and continues with text only on pages 118-119. The primary photo is the often used night time shot of a Futuro at Philadelphia Airport under a crescent moon; pages 70 and 71 include some good interior shots and a floor plan.
The article is fairly typical of the early Futuro days; a rosy future and plans for significant production numbers. In this case the article reports plans for 300 Futuros to be manufactured before the end of 1969 and goes on to quote Leonard Fruchter, head of the Futuro Corporation of Philadelphia, as indicating that production for 1970 was expected to be 10,000 units. As we know those plans never came to pass.
The article includes some interesting details about costs over and above the standard $10,000 for a shell and $14,000 for a furnished unit. It adds some details on estimated shipping costs reporting that road transportation could be expected to cost $500 to $700 per 500 miles with air transport pushing the numbers up to a hefty $1000 per 100 miles though that could be expected to fall at the end of the Vietnam war when a large number of pilots and helicopters would return to civilian use. The lifespan of a Futuro is estimated at 30 years.
In among the facts and positive aspects of the Futuro the article also reports on some of the commonly reported negatives; among them doubts about the suggestion that a Futuro could accommodate eight people, the article suggests four was more reasonable, observations on the lack of storage space and inadequacies of the bathroom facilities.
All in all an interesting article and a nice addition to a Futuro collection.
Apu - #38/092068 | Purchased 082813


Futuro #001 was owned by TV celebrity
Matti Kuusla and located in
Hirvensalmi, Finland. The Futuro is now fully restored and on display to the public during the summer months at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center in
Espoo, Finland. See the
WeeGee Futuro page for more information on Futuro #001.
Issue 38 (092068) of the Finnish Magazine
Apu included a four page feature on Matti Kuusla and his Futuro on pages 42 to 45; Kuusla and his Futuro also feature on the cover of the magazine. The feature includes both exterior and interior photos including one rather cool photo showing Kuusla on the steps of the Futuro that we have never seen before. The magazine is in Finnish so we cannot read the article - another one on the list to get translated sometime.
Issue 49 (120569) of Apu also featured an article about the Futuro.
Apu - #23/070712 | Purchased 100319

Issue #23/2012 (100319) of the Finnish Magazine
Apu includes a very brief article on the Futuro. The article is accompanied by a single photo of
Futuro #001. Being in Finnish this of course is another article we cannot read and so we have added it to an ever growing list of things we need to have translated at some point (though given the timing we believe it likely the article refers to Futuro #001's recent - at the time of publication - arrival at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center).
Architecture From Scandinavia - 1975 | Purchased 042115

Annual magazine Design from Denmark was launched by publisher Kirsten Bjerregaard in 1967. The following year the publication was renamed Design from Scandinavia.
Issue 3 of the publication included a short article on the Futuro with text in three languages including English and several photographs including one very oft published photo of the Hirvensalmi Futuro (now at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center).
Architecture from Scandinavia, also edited by Kirsten Bjerregaard, was a "sister" publication from the Danish publishing house World Pictures. This is a copy of issue 1 of Architecture From Scandinavia which was published (according to
openlibrary.org) in 1975.
An insert at the front of the magazine indicates this copy was actually one of a limited complimentary distribution presumably designed to "market" the new publication.
The magazine text is English, Danish, French and German and pages 82-83 feature a very short article on Oy Polykem AB. The article is accompanied by a photo of the Hirvensalmi Futuro (now of course at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center) along with photos of the Casa Finlandia
CF-10 Kiosk,
CF-45 Venturo and
CF-100 Service Station.
Arkkitehti - #1/1969 | Purchased 040414

On page 60 of Issue 1/1969 of the prestigious and long published (since 1903) publication
Arkkitehti (or The Finnish Architectural Review) there is a short section on the Futuro House accompanied by two photographs, one an exterior shot and one an interior shot.
Arkkitehti - #4/1973 | Purchased 052017


Issue 4/1973 of the The Finnish Architectural Review or
Arkkitehti includes 2 Futuro related items.
First on page 10 there is an advertisement for the German manufacturing conglomerate
Siemens that uses a Futuro photo and then on Page 46 there is a photo of the
Matsulu Futuro during its time in Lahnajärvi.
Avotakka - May 1968 | Purchased 022716

Finnish interior design magazine
Avotakka featured the Futuro House in the May 1968 issue. We had been searching for a copy of this issue of Avotakka for several years and recently we finally managed to aquire one.
The article is the earliest magazine article we have come across and is the earliest item of any type in this collection other than a couple of press photos from April 1968 which can be found
here and
here.
The article is in Finnish so we are unable to read it and as yet we have not had the time to try to get it into Google Translate but given the date and the fact that is accompanied by photos clearly taken at the Polykem plant during manufacturing it is reasonable to assume the text is also largely related to the development and early manufacture of the Futuro.
Avotakka - April 1973 | Purchased 061819

The April 1973 issue of Finnish interior design magazine
Avotakka featured a
Siemens advertisement on Page 85 that included a photo of a Futuro. The advertisement ran under the title, according to Google Translate, "A fully electrified house is a thing of the future."
The company was advertising the range of Siemens products available for use in the "modern house" and does not actually reference the Futuro in any way. Presumably the image of a Futuro was intended as a representation of the said "Modern House".
Avotakka - September 1986 | Purchased 083117


The September 1986 issue of Finnish interior design magazine
Avotakka included a graphic of the Futuro House on the cover. We are not sure but we think the cover reflects significant articles that featured in the publication over a span of years.
We have not found any mention of the Futuro House inside the magazine but we have just scanned every page for photos. Reading through the whole magazine to see if the Futuro is mentioned in the text itself would be quite the task in English; in Finnish it is not something we could even consider.
Bauwelt - #46/03 051203 | Purchased 031114


The 051203 issue (#46|03) of the German architecture publication
Bauwelt includes a four page article on the Futuro House and in particular the
Berlin Futuro.
The magazine is in German so we are unable to read the article but it is accompanied by some excellent photographs including a couple of awesome interior shots along with a couple of plans/diagrams reproduced from the Home/Taanila book
Futuro: Tomorrow's House from Yesterday.
Bo Bedre - May 1970 | Purchased 081817

Bo Bedre (Live Better) is a Danish language monthly life-style and interior design magazine first published in March 1961.
The May 1970 issue of Bo Bedre included a four page article on the Futuro House on pages 26-29. The article was accompanied by several photos including often seen photos of a Futuro being transported by a helicopter and of the first Futuro displayed in the US at the Philadelphia International Airport along with a floor plan and several interior photos.
Building Product Guides - #36/1971 | Purchased 030419
Hudson Publishing produced the publication Building Product Guides 6 times in 1971. The Spring 1971 issue (#36) was subtitled "Vacation Homes & Leisure Living". A section titled "Quick Quarters Anywhere" included a brief article on the Futuro House which included some general information and a photo of
Futuro #001 which, at the time, was located in
Hirvensalmi and is of course now located at the
WeeGee Exhibition Center in
Espoo, Finland.
Avotakka - 6/1975 | Purchased 011720

Issue 6/1975 of Finnish interior design magazine
Avotakka carried a multi-page article titled "1960 Luvun Lihavat Vuodet"; Google's Translation of that title appears like it might be a something of a fail as it tells us that in English the title is "The fat years of the 1960's" which just does not sound right.
Page 85 includes a single photo of a Futuro along with a very brief description.
Architectural Digest France - #106 | Purchased 102721

Architectural Digest is a highly respected publication that has been around
since 1920. Along with the original and primary US edition
Conde Nast also publishes a number of international versions including
Architectural Digest France.
The Feb-Mar 2012 issue (#106) of the French version included a short Futuro article titled "Retour sur la Futuro" (or, according to Google Translate, "Return to the Futuro") on pages 58 and 60. The article is accompanied by photos of
Futuro #001 during its time in Hirvensalmi and the
Saint-Ouen Futuro.
Baumeister - March 2022 | Purchased 050622

The March 2022 issue of the German architecture magazine
Baumeister included an article under the title "Wie leben wir in 50 Jahren?" or "How will we live in 50 years?" which included some interesting conceptual artwork by talented artist
Charlotte Talbot.
Charlotte created three cool concepts based around the Futuro House which can be seen in the images below. We love them all though we particularly like the last one (which we actually like so much we ended up contacting Charlotte so we could purchase
a print for our collection of "
Things Futuro").