Made in Shanghai: The Story of Hungarian Architect László Hudec
Made in Shanghai: The Story of Hungarian Architect László Hudec

Summary/Abstract: László Ede Hugyecz (1893–1958) – later L. E. Hudec – was a Hungarian architect who fled the vicissitudes of Europe in the early 20th century, taking with him the style and knowledge of European building design and construction. His body of work, spanning nearly 30 years of Shanghai’s economic and cultural “glory days”, includes the first skyscraper between London and Tokyo. The 120th anniversary of his birth will be celebrated next year. “Shanghai will always be the metropolis of the East. Today it has 3 million inhabitants and each year it grows by 250,000 people. The Chinese mentality is crucial for this – their mainstay is trust, and the older a company is, the more trust they have in it. This is my chance.” (László Hudec, 1925.)

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