Hurzuf, Crimea

It seems this Futuro is on the move and likely destroyed which is extremely sad considering it was the only known example of the Futuro two-story variant. For now we will leave this as the location until we learn a little more; we can still hope that there will be a new location though likely in the end she will make the sad trip to the «demolished» page on the site.

This news comes to us from a Twitter post by Oleh Idolov (aka 1dolov).

Oleh posts that he (according to Google Translate):

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It appears that this Futuro and its surroundings have had something of a makeover. Both the Futuro itself and the lower level cladding along with the various walls around the unit have been repainted. We rather like the new look.

We were first alerted to this by Yves, a longtime contributor to these pages, who came across a photo in Google Earth and then today Anastasia Ria sent us the photo you see below. Our thanks to both of you! Anastasia’s original photo can be found on Instagram here.

It always great to get an up to date look at one of the lesser photographed Futuros. In this case we have these three shots of this Futuro taken 072620 and sent to us recently by Vladimir Makeev. However that was not all from Vladimir; he also sent us the first photo we have seen of the interior of this unit. Interesting to note the same structure around the base of the seating as we see around the outside of the Futuro and the area in which it is located (though perhaps this is not surprising;

We came across this photo recently though it was actually taken over a year ago. It is not only one of the nicest we have seen of this Futuro but it is also the most recent. The photo was taken by Khuroshvili Ilya 010318.

We added this undated multi-view postcard to our collection of «Things Futuro» recently. It features this Futuro in one of the photos. Though undated based on other photos of this Futuro (and also the other photos on the postcard — for example note the bus) it is almost certainly from the early days, likely late 70’s or sometime in the 80’s.

The Espoo City Museum organization includes several other museums along with the WeeGee Exhibition Center (and Futuro #001) and it also includes among its collections a large photographic archive. These photographs are available for use under CC BY-ND 4.0 license and this series of photos, by an unknown photographer, are included here under that license. The copyright on the photographs remains with the Espoo City Museum. The full Espoo City Museum archive can be found here.

This series of phot

In a visitor post to the excellent Facebook page «The FUTURO House» Sami Lassila shared this great photo posted by Ben Barkas. The post was annotated with this comment:

«One version assembled on the yard of the manufacturing plant.»

In the 082314 update on this page we concluded that, based on available evidence, this Futuro had likely been located in Hurzuf since its manufacture and purchase in 1977. This is the only example of the two-story variant of Futuro that we are aware of. It seems li

Yves Buysse, who has made many contributions to these pages over the years, sent us this photo recently; nice to see a photo of the Futuro and the bar in «livelier» times.

Following the addition of Hurzuf a week or so ago we received several emails with additional information, thoughts and links. As a result of that we are now convinced that the correct location for this unit is 44°32’0.24″N 34°16’23.88″E and that it has been at this location since first being imported from Finland. Our thanks to everyone who contributed and in particular to Marko Home and Achim Breiling.

So, first, is this indeed the correct location? There are certainly several websites with po

Our «Lost Souls» page includes a section on a «lost» two-story variant Futuro that was located in Yalta, Ukraine. It seems that this Futuro is in fact alive and well and functioning as a bar in Hurzuf, a town some 15 or so kilometers up the coast from Yalta. Our thanks to Yves Buysse who sent us an email regarding the «rediscovery» of this Futuro.

Russian sites and the Russian language are a challenge but with Google Translate and other translation programs you can usually get a sense of what i