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Revision as of 03:43, 18 May 2007

The Spaceship House
SpaceshipHouse-Old.jpg
The Spaceship House in its original gray color
Building Information
Location 1304 Panferio Drive
Pensacola Beach, FL
Architect Matti Suuronen
Completion Date 1966
Structural System concrete base, fiberglass "spaceship"
Style Futuro prefab

Spaceship House is the name commonly given to the structure at 1304 Panferio Drive in Pensacola Beach. The house, which resembles popular depictions of alien UFOs, is actually a "Futuro" prefabricated house. Designed in the 1960s by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, about a hundred were constructed.

The Pensacola Beach Futuro was built in 1966[1] and sits atop a lower structure made of concrete block. A fifty-foot walkway leads up to the Futuro and a surrounding patio.

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