History & Updates
This is one of the most photographed of the Futuros and most of the photos are very similar but every now and again we come across one that stands out (to us at least) and simply «begs» to be added to this website.
That is the case with this photo by @marstonpark which is one of the more memorable Futuro interior shots we have seen.
The original can be found on Instagram here.
Futuros have played a part in many unusual photos over the years and this Futuro was recently part of one of the more unusual shoots we have seen; it featured a series of mannequins and produced some rather interesting and fun photos.
A couple of those photos are below. The photos are from @annabowkis who sent us the first one directly (thank you Anna) and from @marstonpark who posted the second to Instagram (the original photo can be found here). We also recently came across this nice little b
Craig Barnes UK based Futuro has been in storage for quite some time now but recently the Futuro has resurfaced for a Summer 2021 engagement.
The Futuro will be located at Marston Park, Frome, Somerset in an idyllic waterside location surrounded by trees; what could be better? Well actually there is better! You can take the opportunity to not only visit Marston Park but also stay in a Futuro at the same time as Craig’s Futuro is up for rent on a nightly basis throughout the summer; you can make
This video was posted to Youtube by waseldo 101919. The footage dates from this Futuros 2018 visit to Le Havre. The video is actually over three minutes of footage of a group of folks sleeping (or «staging» sleeping) in the Futuros chair/bed units and so in some ways it is not the most interesting Futuro footage we have ever seen.
That said it is somewhat interesting in that it affords us a look at what it might have been like for a Futuro, advertised back in the day as sleeping up to 8 people,
We really enjoy a good sunset (or sunrise) and so this photo, taken by Barske Franck, during the time this Futuro spent in Le Havre in 2018, combines that along with our love of all things Futuro. No way to tell if this is a sunrise or sunset shot; in the end it really does not matter as it is a highly enjoyable photo either way.
Owner Craig Barnes recently added this video to YouTube. The video documents «Futuro 22’s» July through September 2018 stay in Le Havre, France and includes some awesome time lapse footage of its assembly at that location.
«Futuro 22’s» engagement in Le Havre officially ended 092318; owner Craig Barnes wrapped up Le Havre in this recent Facebook post. With its next destination currently unknown the Futuro will be returned to storage for now. This Futuros temporary visit to Le havre has resulted in some of our favorite Futuro photos. A small selection of them are displayed below.
These first two photos are by belehavre and max76fr respectively. The originals can be found on Instagram here and here. We particularly
Craig Barnes Futuro, his awesome restoration of that Futuro and its various «landing sites» have been featured in many newspaper, magazine and online articles over the last few years. Most recently British newspaper The Guardian carried an article titled «Back to the Futuro: the spaceship house that landed in Yorkshire» in its 082218 issue. The image top left is of the online version of the article.
The article includes a little general Futuro history, some commentary related to Waterside Plast
This Futuro’s summer 2018 stay in Le Havre continues to generate a huge number of photos on Instagram, Twitter and elsewhere online and it makes no sense to add large numbers of very similar photos here. That said we will continue to add items we think are a little different from the norm and the two items below fit that category.
The first is a little video footage that was added to Youtube by Meryelle Bernet 073018. The second item is a photo that was «tweeted» by UnEteauHavre on 080318; the
When Futuros are relocated to publicly accessible locations, either permanently or temporarily, it is normal to see a large number of photos appear online; there are multiple examples of this such as Futuro «arrivals» in Munich and Marseilles during 2017 and the arrival of this Futuro for a stay in Le Havre in 2018 is no exception.
Even if we could keep up, which we could not, it would make no sense to try to gather up large numbers of photos of a similar nature and timeframe and post them here
In a recent email owner Craig Barnes let us know about the trip his «Futuro 22» is making to Le Havre this summer; the Futuro will be located in Les Jardins Suspendus (The Hanging Gardens) in Le Havre in the Normandy region of France.
The series of photos and the video below are all sourced from owner Craig Barnes Instagram feed, his Facebook page FuturoHouse.co.uk or from direct email from Craig unless otherwise noted. They show various points in the journey of «Futuro 22» from storage in Engl
The two videos below were shot 090317 and show «Futuro 22» being lifted to the ground on the way to be placed in storage for an undetermined period of time pending agreement on a new location.
The first is by owner Craig Barnes and the second is by Mark Laban. The original videos can be found on Instagram here and here.
And the disassembly of «Futuro 22» for in preparation for relocation continues as documented in this series of photos:
These two photos are from owner Craig Barnes; the first was posted to Facebook 082917 and the second to Twitter 082917. uallibraries posted this shot to Instagram on 083117. These final two photos were also posted by owner Craig Barnes; they were added to Facebook and Instagram respectively on 083117.
Seems like the time for «Futuro 22» to move on to «pastures new» is now very close. Owner Craig Barnes posted this photo to Facebook 082317 showing removal of his Futuro’s interior fittings well underway.
Interesting little «snippet» on the FuturoHouse.co.uk Facebook page the other day:
«Last tours of Futuro House before it departs from Central Saint Martins now on sale from csmevents.co.uk — 19 July, 26 July, 2 August. Then, we set the coordinates to ‘unknown’.»
Going to be interesting to see where «Futuro 22» lands next!
Changing the subject entirely; a Futuro has served as the backdrop for a fashion shoot on more than one occasion (for example Berlin and Canberra University) and in the vide
Over the last several days (starting 041817) four Central Saint Martins Foundation Diploma in Art & Design students have been living and working in the Futuro. The intent was, according to the CSM Blog, to run for four days, six hours and 45 minutes — the same period of time it took the Apollo 11 space mission to reach the moon — and during that time the students will not leave.
Apparently the project, titled «Commune» asks the students:
«to conceive of a set of rules, values and aims by which
Came across these two «videos» on Youtube recently. They appear to be static 360° images uploaded in a video format; perhaps a function of how the images were captured. The «videos» are titled Futuro 360 Interior and Futuro Hallway 360 respectively.
Back in 2014 Craig Barnes and «Futuro 22» featured on UK TV in Season 4 Episode 2 of the TV series George Clark’s Amazing Spaces. On 042216 Season 6 Episode 1 of the show aired in the UK and «Futuro 22» was again featured.
Interestingly this episode of the show aired as «George Clark’s Amazing Treehouses» but despite the title «Futuro 22» along with owner Craig featured in a five minute spot in the show. The inclusion of the Futuro in a show about treehouses is explained as being a possible ans
«Futuro 22» owner Craig Barnes recently started to research the history of his Futuro. A post to the Herald Port Elizabeth newspaper’s Facebook Page has generated a great many responses. Among them were a couple of photos posted by Purdey Mouton which can be found below and some interesting very historical information regarding South African Futuros from Bryan Erasmus, more on that can be found on the «Lost Souls» page.
Purdey’s photos, one exterior shot and one interior shot of this Futuro in
«Futuro 22» continues to generate a great deal of interest and publicity; rightfully so in our opinion given the awesome restoration job completed by Craig Barnes and the fact that the unit is bringing Futuro to a new audience in London.
This time around the Hesingin Sanomat website published two articles featuring «Futuro 22» on 012216. There was also a full page article in that day’s print copy of the newspaper (in the Culture section) which we will hopefully be adding to our collection of «T
This Futuro is now «officially» open for tours. On owner Craig Barnes’ Futuro House UK Facebook page we find the following post:
«Roll up roll up tickets now available for public tours of the Futuro on the first Wednesday’s of each month, alternating between 1pm and 6pm from the Platform Theatre box office.»
So, if you live in the area or are visiting and would like the chance to visit a nicely resotred Futuro this is your chance! Tickets can be purchased here.
On another note; owner Craig r
«Futuro 22» is now officially «open for business» according to the UAL (University Of The Arts London Central Saint Martins) website and is available for bookings for events by students and staff and also for «relevant» commercial event bookings. The intention is that the Futuro House is used in the spirit of the project that the artist Craig Barnes, who has loaned the Futuro to UAL initiated. Specifically UAL proposes that:
«every event at the Futuro House, however small, should contribute a v
The move and re-assembly of «Futuro 22» is now virtually complete. The photos below are from the FuturoHouse.co.uk Facebook Page. Our thanks to Craig for continuing to share his Futuro journey.
It seems that the Camden Council were forthcoming with planning permission since Futuro 22 has now been moved from 42-44 Copperfield Road, E3 4RR (51°31’9.81N 0°2’9.08W) a few miles across London to a new home on the third floor terrace of the University of the Arts London’s Central St Martins’ building.
The three photos below, courtesy of Craig over on the FuturoHouse.co.uk Facebook Page, show us that as of 082115 the Futuro has been reassembled at this new location. Two of them photos show th
It appears plans are underway to relocate Craig Barnes’ Futuro to a more permanent home. A 070715 article in the London Evening Standard titled «Rare flying saucer-shaped Futuro House may land at University of the Arts» reports that the University of the Arts London is considering providing a home for the Futuro.
A planning application has been lodged with the Camden Council which, if approved, would see the Futuro moved to the third floor terrace of the Central St Martins’ building in London’s
UK Architecture critic Rowan Moore, named critic of the year at the UK Press Awards 2014, has recognized «Futuro House | Matt’s Gallery, London» in his «Rowan Moore’s top 10 exhibitions of 2014» published in The Guardian, a prestigious UK national newspaper.
A big congratulations to Craig and team.
On 103014 Craig Barnes and «Futuro 22» featured on UK TV as Season 4 Episode 2 of the TV series George Clark’s Amazing Spaces aired on Channel 4. The program is available «on demand» on Channel 4’s website but it is not accessible here in the US; we are guessing it is only available in the UK. That said we did find it available online with a little searching. Obviously, for copyright reasons, we cannot post the video here but with a little effort you should be able to find it and, if you have an
A week ago we saw Craig Barnes’ «Futuro 22» assembled on the roof of Matt’s Gallery in the East End of London. Over the next few days the interior was fitted out and this week, courtesy of Craig Barnes Facebook Page, we have added a couple of photographs of the interior.
Personally we really like the choice of colors and as far as you can tell from photographs it looks like Craig has completed a quality refurbishment of his Futuro. The exterior photograph clearly illustrates the high quality fi
By curious coincidence in the same week as we received photos of the fully restored Canberra University Futuro Craig Barnes’ project to restore «Futuro 22» also reached a major milestone.
Over the last week or so «Futuro 22» has been moved from Herefordshire to London and the shell has been fully assembled on the roof of Matt’s Gallery in East London.
The series of photographs below shows some of what has taken place to take a disassembled Futuro 22 from a barn in Herefordshire to a fully asse
In a recent update to the «Futuro 22» Restoration Diary Craig Barnes posted photos and a commentary recounting the first stages of the restoration project. Our thanks to Craig for allowing us to share his project here. Below is a summary of the work to date and then a series of photos; for much more detail, additional photographs and a true feel for what is involved visit the Futuro 22 Restoration Diary.
To quote Craig from his dairy:
«As any painter will tell you, there’s no point in painting
The UK Futuro | Now «Futuro 22»
Owner Craig Barnes has named his unit «Futuro 22»; recognizing that the unit spent most of its life at «22» High St.
The history, move to the UK and coming restoration of Futuro 22 are being recorded online on Craig’s website futurohouse.co.uk. We will continue to update here but we strongly recommend you check out his site, there will always be more detail there. Links are listed below.
The Home Of Futuro 22
Get involved; Futuro 22 restoration — collaborate
In email correspondence over the last few days we have learned that the Futuro House previously located at 22 High St, Port Alfred, South Africa has been sold. The Futuro House has been disassembled and shipped to the United Kingdom and currently remains in storage.
We are unable to publish more detailed information at this time though we hope to be able to do so in the coming weeks.
As a British expat it is great to see a Futuro in the United Kingdom once more. The only other documented one,
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