Odd Consumer News

The New York Times has run an article about the Futuro House, a little pre-fab from the 1970s. Sixty or so still exist, but it appears there's a growing interest in them (which the NYT article will no doubt feed). Who knows, perhaps they'll go back into production. The expert on these houses bought his for about $2,000 back in 1997. That's cheap. Maybe we can use them to solve the homeless problem.

The circular house, 11 feet high and 26 feet across, was designed by Matti Suuronen, a Finnish architect, in 1968. A hatch door in its lower half opened down to reveal steps, like the door of a small airplane, and led into a room outfitted with six plastic bed-chair combinations and a central fireplace slab, as well as a kitchenette and a bathroom.

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