Deep Creek, SA, Australia

We came across this photo of this Futuro at its original location on Melbourne Street in Adelaide, South Australia in the early 1970’s on Facebook recently.

The photo was posted to facebook by John Burford along with the comment «My pic of it back in 1967. I think I was in a local flying saucer club about then.» Clearly it does not date from 1967; the first prototype in Finland had not even been produced at that time but equally clearly this is a very early photo and looks like it was probably

While we love all Futuros it does sometimes seem that some are more «photogenic» than others and this Futuro is one that seems to result in great photos more often than others.

Here we have two photos, one an awesome night shot and the other a great aerial view, recently posted to Instagram by owners Naiko Retreat; the originals can be found on Instagram here and here.

We view the Futuro as an architectural icon (though of course we are extremely biased) and we love to see examples of Futuros getting «architectural recognition» so we were really pleased to hear that the most recent recipient of a little «architectural love» was this Futuro which was one of the entrants in the Australian Institute of Architects 2021 SA Architecture Awards.

The Futuro was entered in the «Small Projects» category; information on all of the entrants including the Futuro can be fo

We love this photo; it provides a spectacular look at the secluded nature of this Futuro from a perspective we have not seen before. The photo was recently posted to Instagram by owners Naiko Retreat and the original can be found on Instagram here.

These great photos of this Futuro were recently posted to Instagram by owners Naiko Retreat and Max Pritchard Gunner Architects who worked with the owners on the restoration of the unit. The night time shot is impressive and we love the floor they installed as a part of the renovation.

The photos were posted between 080920 and 082120; the originals can be found on Instagram here, here, here and here. And — moving rapidly from the end to the beginning of this Futuro’s life we also recently came

We recently received an email from Aatu Dorochenko who visited this Futuro 010320. Aatu took the photos below which are shared here with permission (thanks Aatu); Aatu’s original photos can be found on Flickr here.

Aatu also added some additional information and links relating to the Futuro. Among other things the information provided confirmed the Futuro is owned by the Naiko Retreat. The retreat is self-described as being:

«Located on the coastline of South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula, Na

Between November 2017 and March 2018 Peter S travelled thousands of miles and visited this Futuro as well as those in Canberra, Cheltenham, High Wycombe and South Morang. He visited this Futuro on 122617 and the photos below document the appearance and condition of the Futuro’s exterior and interior at that time. Thanks for sharing Peter.

Scott McCarten, who runs the Urban Exploration blog Autopsy Of Adelaide recently had the opportunity to visit and photograph this Futuro. These photos, published on Scott’s blog 082917, provide a great look at the Futuro’s interior. They are shared here with Scott’s permission; thanks Scott.

Interesting to note from Scott’s blog post that the Futuro is currently undergoing refurbishment and restoration as part of the development of a nature retreat on the property by owner Joe Emanuele.

These two photos, by MaxPritchardGunner Architects, show this Futuro as it appeared on 040716. The second photo provides the first interior view we have seen of this Futuro and, though the view is limited, it looks like the interior is as well maintained as the exterior. MaxPritchardGunner Architects original photos were posted to Instagram and can be found here and here.

Sharon P. sent us the photo below (thanks Sharon) which shows this Futuro on Melbourne Street in Adelaide, South Australia in the early 1970’s. This is the only photo we have seen of this Futuro at its original location.

We are not sure where the photo originated, possibly on adelaidenow.com.au but that is a subscription site and we do not have a subscription, so if anyone can point us in the direction of the «owner» of this photo we would appreciate it so that we can provide proper attribution

The photo below is courtesy of P. Johnson Tailors (Melbourne & Sydney); it is probably the most interesting photograph we have seen of this Futuro; almost «other worldly» in appearance. It was posted to Instagram by (pjohnsontailors) back in July 2013.

The two close up photos below were captured by birdsrule on 090513 and are shown here with permission.

This Futuro made an appearance in a local newspaper The Advertiser on 050613. The article, seen below, included a nice photo of the Futuro in its current location as well as a smaller inset photo we had not seen before of the unit in its previous location in Adelaide.

We also read in the article that in 1997 the Futuro and the rugged coastal land upon which it sits (12 hectares or approximately 30 acres) was put up for sale for $135,000; the article does not indicate if a sale actually took pla

These four photos were taken by Choppy123 and accompanied an 061113 blog posting titled «Futuro House (UFO House) here in Adelaide.» The photos are shown here with permission — thanks Choppy123.

In a couple of June 2012 posts on the WeeGee Futuro Facebook Page Marcus Brownlow recounts a litle of the history of this Futuro.

Marcus tells us that the Futuro was owned by a man called Derek Jolly. By all accounts Derek Jolly, a local entrepreneur, was a «larger than life» character. Jolley’s Futuro «landed» on Melbourne Street in Adelaide in the early 1970’s and apparently caused something of a stir among local residents who felt it did not fit with the character of the area.

The Futuro wa

While searching for Futuro House information the other day we stumbled upon a blog by ATTS on the site TravelBlog the other day. The blog is an interesting account of walking the Heysen Trail (Get this! A 1200 km Walking Trail) in South Australia; ATTS is braver and more adventurous than we are.

Anyway on the blog was an image of a Futuro (new to us) seen along the way. Some work in Google Earth and Google Maps confirmed the Futuro as being on site as at 012310.

We have not been able to find a