Christchurch Botanic Garden, New Zealand [No Longer On Site]

This rather nice black and white photo of this Futuro during its short stay at Botanic Gardens came up in a search we ran recently. The photo is on Pinterest but it originates from a Flickr post by Well Finished Photography (though the Flickr account, or at least the photo, appears to have gone now).

We recently came across this video, titled UFO Capture, that was posted to Vimeo by Robert Hood. The description for the video is «Futuro house, 2007, Christchurch, NZ» and it shows the Futuro loaded onto a truck; given the 2007 date this would be at the time the Futuro was being removed from the Botanic Gardens.

The video appears to be footage from a static camera, perhaps a security camera. The truck at first glance appears different to that seen in these photos which show the Futuro loaded a

It appears that this Futuro made a stop at Cathedral Square, Christchurch to be a part of an Animation Festival prior to its arrival at its current location in Harewood. Check out the Harewood page for the details.

Alexander Larcombe recently sent us two great photos of this Futuro taken 032007 while it was at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. They are displayed here with Alexander’s permission — thanks Alexander.

Thanks to some info provided by Achim Breiling we now know that this Futuro was located at 6 Fordingbridge Ln, Bexley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand prior to it being moved to the Botanic Gardens sometime 2006.

King House Removals have kindly given us permission to display two very cool photos of the Futuro loaded up and ready for road transport from Christchurch to Harewood.

This Futuro was on exhibition at the Botanic Garden in Christchurch, New Zealand during the summer of 2006/2007. Some reports suggest the exhibition ran Dec 2006 to Feb 2007 but the exact dates are unclear; the Futuro was on site at least through March 17th per a James Blackman image.

As luck would have it we were able to identify the precise location the Futuro occupied even though it was there for just a few months; Google Earth contains imagery dated 011307 which clearly shows the Futuro on