Magy Apartments

The beginning

Why was it built here?

Magy Apartments places ten storeys on a corner site of about 220 square metres. It takes its name from the former Route Alfred Magy, today Middle Wulumuqi Road. Architect Alexandre Léonard lived in the upper duplex.[1] [2] [3]

The housing authority gives 1937 and reproduces a design published on 14 July 1934. Publication, design and completion are different events; the 1934–1935 range in another study remains a discrepancy. Conservation work took place in 2018.[1] [2] [3]

Look up, then look closer

Details worth a closer look

One building, changing roles

Read the building through time

Captions distinguish photographic dates from publication dates; periods without reliable images are covered in the text.

1. 1934

   Design published in a newspaper

   Publication establishes that a design existed; it does not establish completion that year.[1] [2] [3]

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2. 1937

   Construction year in housing records

   The profile follows the housing authority’s 1937 date while retaining the study’s differing 1934–1935 account.[1] [2] [3]

3. 2018

   Conservation work

   Conservation work maintained the recognisable curved corner and historic exterior.[1] [2] [3]

Shanghai and the world

Place the address in the city

With Boissezon, this building shows how housing turns a corner. Continue to Willow Court to compare a tower touching the junction with one set in a garden: both rise, but meet the street differently.[1] [2] [3]