“At one point I thought I would find them all and then that would be it, but there is always something more to learn.
“One thing led to another and it turned into-I don’t know what you’d call it. One sighting and he was hooked today, Robson is a self-proclaimed expert on all things Futuro. “I drove past it one day, and thought, ‘Well, that’s interesting,’” says Simon Robson, founder of. I’m not the only one drawn to this Texas field. There’s one more peculiar addition to the field: A “For Sale” sign has popped up next to the Futuro house. The once overgrown grass has been groomed around the house, with no sign of the fire ants that found refuge in my shoes during my last visit. Since I first visited a year ago, the building’s exterior has undergone a major facelift with a coat of fresh orange paint, temporarily erasing evidence of the profanities once sprayed across it. Aside from the Futuro house, the lot is otherwise abandoned. The strange space landing zone in front of me has been dubbed “Area 276” by locals. The gravel grinds under my wheels as I roll to a stop on a winding backcountry road. Allaby The Royse City Futuro house one year ago. Futuro houses were manufactured in New Jersey.
Unlike the modular home’s intergalactic inspiration, a handful of the flying saucer-shaped structures can still be found if you know where to look. Today, the structural remnants are relics representative of New-Age optimism and technological promise. Designed in the 1960s as a posh, modular ski chalet, Finnish architect Matti Suuronen had high hopes that the pods would transform the art of vacationing. This small Texas town is the last place I’d expect to find a trippy bit of Finnish architecture, and yet, here lies one of 63 Futuro house skeletons scattered around the world. The hot summer’s day has led the herd to a watering hole where one smart soldier is fully submerged. I’m 30 minutes from the nearest city, and fields and farms stretch in all directions. There’s not much beyond modern mansions, traditional Texas ranchland, and self-storage warehouses along Royse City’s State Highway 276.
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