But once I started finding out how unique the Futuro was, I really got involved. “I really wasn’t interested in restoring it and keeping it. “I was just thinking of saving the building,” he said. So when this Futuro was crushed under a wrecking ball, he had to step in.
Only 67 remain, with 20 in the United States.ĭonaldson, a preservation architect who was President Barack Obama’s appointee as chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, has made saving old buildings his life’s work. As many as 100 Futuros were built between 19, according to The Futuro House, a site documenting the history and whereabouts of the homes. Futuros were initially manufactured in Finland, then licensed to companies worldwide.
Paul Kozelįirst designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen as a ski chalet, the idea behind the Futuro was to create a lightweight home that could be placed in a variety of landscapes.
Whatever your reason for getting out of Dodge, we’ve found a bunch of non-traditional vacations and rentals for y’all to dip into a sudsy and swimmable Champagne glass, bone in a grotto, or make out in a veritable Bio-Dome in Joshua Tree.A restored Futuro used as a vacation home, in Idyllwild, California. Maybe you’re looking to skip town with your new situationship for a bit, or trying to add some spice to the stew of your five-year-strong relationship this Valentine’s Day maybe you need a cozy spot for two, or four, or you and six long Furbies. We really do live in the golden era of Airbnb experiences, and the world is your weird, briny oyster for the slurping before tantric sex. In fact, you know what? For your next couple’s vacation, leave the massages to us whilst you and your hunny explore more intriguing pastures if you must do the spa thing, why not get tenderized by oak leaves together at a Russian and Turkish bathhouse? Feel like branching out even more? Take a pilgrimage to the best kitsch roadside hotels or sign up for a guided nudist hike.
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