Spaceship House

Okay..this is for the people who know exactly what I am talking about when I say "Spaceship House."  You find it on the left while driving down the stretch of road to the old beach house.  The spaceship sits on top of a tiny cinder block house, and it looks like it is used as a den.  It has survived all the hurricanes the island has been hit by.  And Sally, Janie & Amanda...I know when we were young we have all done group/separate walks down to it late at night and found that it was gone.  Off on a space mission?

Anyway, I was reading Vanity Fair and came across this little article.  Since the print is illegible on the scan, I will type it out.  Pensacaola Beach has its very own national treasure:)

"BACK TO THE FUTURO"

Designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, the 500 square foot Futuro House was introduced in 1968.  These ovoids wee intended for quick placement (some were simply transported by helicopter) as ski cabins or vacation saucers.  A circular fireplace sat in the center of the living lounge.  A small bathroom, bedroom, and kitchenette completed the futuristic floor plan.  About a hundred were made; only 18 are known to survive in the U.S. today.  This one, owned by Mark Haddawy, designer and co-owner of Resurrection, the resale-fashion showroom, was purchased in 2009 at auction for $50,000.  Haddawy has placed his restored fiberglass Futuro House precariously on a Hollywood hillside just above his own, John Lautner-designed masterpiece of a home, the 1956 Harpel House.