Xanadu House of the Future
Kissimmee Xanadu House
A foam-domed Florida attraction promised computerised kitchens and electronic walls before home computing was ordinary, then mould and abandonment turned the future into rubble.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A publicly toured experimental home and roadside attraction in Kissimmee, Florida.
The sculpted polyurethane house combined curved rooms with early automation, video displays and computer-controlled domestic systems.
Existence timeline
The public begins touring the automated foam home.
Visitors encounter networked screens and domestic demonstrations.
Ordinary personal computers overtake many exhibit ideas.
The house ceases normal public tours.
Water, mould and neglect damage the shell.
The last Xanadu attraction is removed.
Why it ended
The attraction closed as its technology aged; years of vacancy and water damage preceded demolition in 2005.
Last confirmed trace
Florida Memory photographs, visitor videos, plans and later site documentation preserve its interiors and final decay.
What it left behind
Xanadu captures how one generation's vision of domestic computing became obsolete before the building itself disappeared.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.