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THE FUTURO - Books To Get


NOTE: All of these sites/books are in English, unless otherwise indicated.


Kunststoffbauten Teil 1: Die  Pioniere  (Plastic Buildings Part 1: The Pioneers) Kunststoffbauten Teil 1: Die Pioniere (Plastic Buildings Part 1: The Pioneers)
Only currently available in German
Von Elke Genzel & Pamela Voigt. Weimar 2005. Quer-4to. 288 S. & 25 Farbtafeln sowie 276 Textabb., Bibliographie, Ppbd.
Format: 28 x 21,5 cm
ISBN: 3860682415
Price: EUR 69.00
The authors now have their own website.. see: Kunststoffbauten - Teil 1 : Die Pioniere
If anyone has any information on any organization that could arrange or help to get this book translated into English please contact me!!!


Design und Alltagskultur zwischen Konsum und Konflikt
Softcover: 231 pages
Language: German
Copyright: 1998
ISBN: 3-7701-4099-0

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See pages 72-73.

See: http://www.hinternet.de/buch/s/68.php



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THE HOUSE BOOK
Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: Phaidon Press (April 8, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 0714843857
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.0 x 1.1 inches

Buy from Amazon. Has a photo and small write up on the Futuro. See page: 428.



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PARASITE PARADISE A Manifesto For Temporary Architecture And Flexible Urbanism
Paperback: 190 pages
Publisher: NAI Publishers (March 1, 2004)
ISBN: 9056623303
Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches

Buy from Amazon. Has a few pics & article on the Futuro. See pages: 37-42 especially.


Architecture Drafting and Design [Second Edition]
Author: D. Hepler, P. Wallach
Hardcover: 568 pages
Copyright: 1965, 1971
ISBN: 07-028290-0

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 496. Has short write-up & pic of Futuro.


HOMES - TODAY AND TOMORROW
Author: Ruth F. Sherwood
Hardcover: 496 pages
Copyright: 1972
ISBN: 87002-131-1

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 453. Has little photo and little piece on Futuro -- says Futuro is from West Germany.


the plastics architect by arthur quarmby -- futuro house
the plastics architect by arthur quarmby -- futuro house
the plastics architect [or plastics & architecture]
Author: Arthuur Quarmby
Hardcover: 208 pages
Copyright: 1974
ISBN: 0 269 02825 0

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See page 121. Has a photo & some diagrams on Futuro. Very interesting book overall. There are 2 different titles for the same book.


Transformations in Modern Architecture
Author: Arthur Drexler
Softcover: 168 pages
Copyright: 1979
ISBN: 0-87070-608-X

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores. See pages 58-59. Has short article & pic of Futuro/Venturo.


House & Garden, BOOK OF HOLIDAY AND WEEKEND HOUSES
Hardcover: 208 pages
Copyright: 1968
SBN: 900303 00 X

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores.


Decorative Arts 70s
Softcover: 576 pages
Copyright: 2000
ISBN: 3-8228-6406-4

Can usually find this book on used online bookstores.
Note: Futuro is only shown on cover of book.


The Playboy Book: Forty Years
Softcover: 368 pages
Copyright: 1994, 1998
ISBN: 1-57544-085-7

See page: 174
Can usually find this book on used online bookstores.



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In Advance of the Landing : Folk Concepts of Outer Space
Hardcover: 144 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.87 x 9.28 x 10.36
Ex & Updtd edition (March 2001)
ISBN: 0789207087
Amazon also has sample pages from the book.. click on link at left to go to their website to see the pages.



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Just out!!
Marko Home & Mika Taanila (ed.): Futuro. Tomorrow´s House from Yesterday.
Tulevaisuuden talo menneisyydestä
Desura 2002
ISBN: 952-5339-13-0
192-page book plus 75-minute DVD (PAL, Regions 1–6)
recommended price 50 €
(special price 40 €, including p & p, when ordered from the Desura website)

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OUT OF PRINT!!
Multi-lingual [primarily German-English] book showing 20 years of Düsseldorf thru the lens of photographer Charles Wilp.
Charles was a owner of a Futuro at one time and included in the book are a couple pics of the one he once owned.
Hardcover: 156 pages.
Dimensions: 11.5" x 14"



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Our future as seen thru the eyes of those in the 50s 60s and 70s.
Has a mention of the Futuro and a pic. Is a great book!!
prestel, 2003, 160 pages, Paperback, 160 color illustrations, 24.5 x 20.5 cm.
ISBN: 3-7913-2844-1

Link for this book:
http://www.studio-international.co.uk/books/space.asp



Click on book to buy from Klang & Kleid in Germany
Translated from the Klang & Kleid website [which is in German]...
BERLIN - TOWN CENTER IN SPACE is the second photo book with pertinent travel guide in a series, which emphasizes unusual interior Design and visionary architecture of the 50's to 70's. It dedicates itself to buildings, which developed between 1950 and 1984 in the city divided at that time.

This Package contains the photo book AND the travel guide!
ISBN: 3-932809-42-4
It a very interesting book. And has a couple pics of Futuro #13 near Berlin.

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