http://www.thefuturohouse.com/futuro_house_archives_portfolios.html
Most information below are available on the futuro house website link above.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuErc7ZCps
Original Plan for European Futuros... (Sth hemisphere Futuros different, Slightly)
The
Futuro House was conceived by Matti Suuronen in 1968 as a "portable"
ski chalet. It is an iconic piece of architecture and this website is
devoted to documenting the history of the Futuro House and the current
status and whereabouts of the remaining examples.
- See more at:
http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Charles-Cleworth-Archive-Photo.html#sthash.tFZ2F5I4.dpuf
The Futuro House, is a round, prefabricated house designed by Matti Suuronen, about 100 were built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. This page is about collecting images and stories (and love) for these wonderful buildings.
The
Futuro House was conceived by Matti Suuronen in 1968 as a "portable"
ski chalet. It is an iconic piece of architecture and this website is
devoted to documenting the history of the Futuro House and the current
status and whereabouts of the remaining examples.
- See more at:
http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Charles-Cleworth-Archive-Photo.html#sthash.tFZ2F5I4.dpuf
Rotterdam futuro interior 
Refurbishing a futuro - source on fb, The Futuro House
On a tiny rock island in Finland
Original Moulds for sale
Original moulds or copies could be had here.
Patent expired in US
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=D216,542.PN.&OS=PN/D216,542&RS=PN/D216,542.
An unsuccessful kickstarter trial... no so much feedback, why?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/newfuturohouse/new-futuro-house-reviving-the-ufo-home-of-the-futu
page 2
working drawings blue print, photos of mould
http://www.thefuturohouse.com/images/cleworth/fut_col_photos_04.JPG
top half of the futuro,
and other slides
inside
partial shell installed onto a platform, this is not the portable futuro. But a variationn of the shell housing idea
assembling panels
futuro house plans
Original diameter of the Finnish design = 26 ft diameter
Half futuro
http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Charles-Cleworth-Archive-Photo.html
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