Pohara, New Zealand

We recently added a copy of Nelson Observed: Portraits Of A New Zealand Province by Christopher B. Vine to our collection of «Things Futuro». The book showcases the author’s talents for both drawing and writing as it presents a commentary on the buildings and architectural styles found in the area.

The book includes a brief mention of this Futuro though the one small drawing is captioned «The Space Age arrives at Pohara» and there is actually no mention of Futuro by name in the text. The book w

We have never come across many photos of this Futuro and with the lesser photographed Futuros such as this one it is always nice to see a «new» photo. That said this photo, posted to Instagram by sophierose007, which is not only a nice shot of the Futuro but also a great illustration of the idyllic nature of its location, is actually a couple of years old having been posted back on 112915.

Paul Nightingale who posted this photo to Twitter a few weeks ago was kind enough to send us an additional couple of photos of this Futuro which are shown below. Interesting to note that the Futuro is «attached» to the dwelling. Paul describes the Futuro’s entrance steps as being like:

«… an internal staircase into the rest of the house. Its pretty cool and expands both.»

There are Futuros that seem to be photographed on an almost daily basis and others for which there are very few photos. This Futuro falls into the latter group and until today we had only ever seen one photo of this unit. The photo below is the second. It was taken by Paul Nightingale 032916 and posted to Twitter. The photo is displayed here with Paul’s agreement.

Interesting little «side note»; Paul’s tweet included the comment:

«I’m staying in a Futuro house lit by lava lamps…»

Seems very

At the time of writing the Futuro in Pohara is a «new» one for want of a better word. Of course we know there are no «new» Futuros, manufacture ceased decades ago, so this could be more accurately described as a «newly rediscovered» Futuro.

Once again we have Achim Breiling to thank for yet another «discovery». The story of how Achim came upon this Futuro is interesting and demonstrates how the internet and its search capabilities can turn up information in the most convoluted of ways.

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