Aland Islands, Finland

This is one of the least photographed (and least accessible) Futuros so it is always a «red letter day» when we get to see a new photo; in this case a rather interesting photo posted to Facebook recently by Finn Flyer Marina Ab which shows the Futuro surrounded by some wooden scaffolding.

We are told the photo was taken in September of this year and though we have no way of knowing what the scaffolding is there for it seems most likely that the exterior finish of the unit is getting or about to

This is one of the least photographed Futuros and the photo below is the first one we have seen in a long time. It was posted to Instagram by lvikman on 082617. The photo is also the first one we recall taken from the water.

We have now determined that we need glasses! We spent literally hours looking at Google Maps and Google Earth for this Futuro. Yesterday Achim Breiling emailed and told us he had found it. Lo and behold it is on an island that we must have looked at a dozen or more times; in fact we looked at every island in that area multiple times but we never noticed it. Admittedly the resolution is not great but even so we have no idea how we missed it. Anyway our thanks to Achim for finding this one.

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From the Marko Home/Mika Taanila edited 2003 book Futuro: Tomorrow’s House from Yesterday» and the included DVD we learn something of the Futuro House that sits in the Aland Islands.

We are told that the Futuro, painted brown to blend in with its surroundings, is still the property of its original owner and that the Futuro is still used as a base for weekend fishing trips. The book was published in 2003 so we can confirm the Futuro as still on site at that time.

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