The Futuro House: Spaceship Living on Earth (1965)

The same architect made series similar systems that were slightly more practical. Especially the CF-10 kiosk.

These things suffer from the typical fault of the 60's and 70's architecture. Architects were experimenting with new materials and techniques they didn't know well. Some of them ignored basics like good ventilation or where the dew point is inside the house wall.

Old pictures from the era don't convey the formaldehyde smell and electric shocks from your clothes, rugs, and furniture. Or black mold in a 5-year-old building.

Venturo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturo

https://www.iconichouses.org/news/venturo-house-complements-...

That sci-fi vibe is so romantic. We had one of these in our neighborhood in the 1970s, as its owner's holiday residence. It didn't turn out to be used very much and was dismantled after only a few years. The stuff that grew on its shell after a while didn't make it look too inviting. It would have needed regular scrubbing to retain that pristine spaceship look.

I've been in that! :-)

Was way past its prime, and smelled like human excrement.

But yeah that was a loooong time ago.

Compare to earthships [1] - in many ways the exact opposite of this.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

Wikipedia has some more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futuro

Plus some thoughts on why 1960s "dome homes" never took off:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome#Dome_homes

Finally, while the house is indeed from 1965, the article is from 2018.

If you want to know more about Futuro I recommend this documentary:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379795/reference

It’s available on DVD with English subtitles. (No affiliation)

This is the one and only Futuro in good use. It is camouflaged as a rock and I thought it was WW2 army bunker. https://youtu.be/GxwrKjhMe5o?t=89

If memory serves, there are a couple of these in the Outer Banks (North Carolina). I think there’s one on Hatteras, but alas it’s not open to the public and doesn’t look like it’s in great shape.

Very cool. Closest that I've been is in a capsule hotel, but still this is way cooler..

Knock off of the Dymaxion House?