Architecture Design by Ladislav Hudec

Información

Hudec was born in a Slovak family in Banská Bystrica in 1893, in the then Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He studied architecture in Budapest and after graduation enrolled for military service.

The onset of World War One dragged him away to Russia where he was taken prisoner. He managed to escape to Shanghai. Here he quickly proved his abilities and started to build his career as an architect.

During the inter-war period he designed more than 60 buildings in Shanghai, about half of which are preserved to this day. Most of them are now cultural monuments.

One of the most acknowledged is Park Hotel that was completed in 1934. This was the first high-rise in the Far East and it kept this title for dozens of years.

Meeting/pick-up point: Hotel Lobby (hotels in Shanghai city center only) at 9am.
Drop-off location: Hotel Lobby (hotels in Shanghai city center only) at 1pm.
Duration:4 hours approximately.
Start/opening time: Daily except Monday at 9am.
End/closing time: At 1pm.
Languages: English.