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Skyscraper in Shangai September 29, 2002.

Retro-futurism has appeared in some examples of postmodern architecture. In the example seen at here, the upper portion of the building is not intended to be integrated with the building but rather to appear as a separate object - a huge flying saucer-like space ship only incidentally attached to a conventional building. This appears intended not to evoke an even remotely possible future, but rather a past imagination of that future - perhaps as seen in the science fiction movies of the 1950s or the pulp novels and comics of the 1930s.

Image by User:Leonard G.

I call this one "Plan 9 from Outer Space" , evoking memories of the movie produced and directed by Ed Wood, Jr..

Used as an example for the article Retro-futurism and in the gallery of Shanghai buildings.


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