Retro futurism is a trend in the creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future produced in an earlier era. retrofuturism is the remembering of that anticipation."[1] Characterized by a blend of old-fashioned "retro" styles with futuristic technology, retrofuturism explores the themes of tension between past and futureand between the alienating and empowering effects of technology

Retrofuturism has appeared in some examples of postmodern architecture. To critics like Niklas Maak, the term suggests that the "future style" is "a mere quotation of its own iconographic tradition" and retrofuturism is little more than "an aesthetic feedback loop

 The Theme Building and control tower in Los Angeles International Airport, also called LAX, situated in the city of Los Angeles.

 An example in Shanghai of a retrofuturistic design in architecture.

 Michalewicz  & Co. Architects’ Baltic Palace Hotel in Poland boasts an eye-catching façade of walls that “flow” down to reference the nearby beach; light strips follow these contours to enhance the façade at night.

 FAHOUSE, designed by Jean Verville architecte, actually implements both surface-mounted and recessed lines of light.