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• helsinkiandrew
  This 1968 British Pathe news real amusingly uses the inside for a fashion show:https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/89082/Finnish? They've only just started!You can visit inside House number 1 at the WeeGee exhibition centre near Helsinki (select dates)https://www.espoo.fi/en/futuro-house
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  Pinus
  Whenever someone posts a link about these, I get an irresistible urge to post a link to an article with pictures of one being moved by helicopter, so here goes: https://digitaltmuseum.se/0211812518755/flygvapenmuseums-fut... (in Swedish, but Google Translate usually handles that fairly well).
• steinwinde
  Must be one of the survivors, now that the mothership in Frisco (https://islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-news/frisco-ufo-dest...) burned down:> You've seen them?> Yes sir.> You realize there's a government directive stating that there is no such thing as a flying saucer?> Yes sir.> Do you stand by your statement that you've seen flying saucers?> Well, uh yes sir.Plan 9, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Plan_9_f...
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  camkego
  Whether you find them beautiful or ugly, I think it’s kind of sad you probably couldn’t build these today as dwellings due to building codes. (Or maybe you could?)
• adamzegelin
  University of Canberra has one of these too. Used as a study/meeting room.https://www.canberra.edu.au/uc-alumni-canvas/canvas-articles...
• JuniperMesos
  It's kinda neat to look at; but I wouldn't actually want to live in a weird, sub-800-square-foot custom house from half a century ago that is probably difficult and expensive to keep comfortable, repair, store furniture in, etc.
• whalesalad
  This reminds me of the Dymaxion house at the Henry Ford Museum:https://www.thehenryford.org/visit/venues/henry-ford-museum-...
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  preetnation
  This town has a dog for a mayor. No joke.Pretty fun place too
• kidfiji
  Ahh, funnily enough while flipping through channels on my TV I randomly saw another one of these featured on some TV show about renovating Airbnbs. The one in this article is much more tastefully decorated
• bryanrasmussen
  the national park service has a nicer outside picture I think https://www.nps.gov/places/donaldson-futuro.htm
• cluckindan
  So that’s where the name ”idlewild” came from!
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  sublinear
  > Quite simply, there are only a small number still in existenceI suspect it's not just because few were made, and not just because of the questionable materials used.I know taste is subjective and the design is iconic, but these really are devastatingly ugly in my opinion. It might just be that some of the previous owners were okay with letting them fade into history.I do have a sense of humor though, and would love to see one with a Fiat Multipla parked out front.
• aaron695
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