Garden House at 52 Yongfu Road

The beginning

Why was it built here?

Built in 1932, the garden house was designed by Hazzard’s practice. Accounts render its early owner’s name differently; the available records do not securely establish a single complete biography.[1] [2]

The house later accommodated the literary department of Shanghai Film Studio and, in the 1990s, Yongle film organisations. Repairs are recorded in 1996 and 2018; it was listed as a Shanghai historic building in 1999.[1] [2]

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. 1932

   House completed

   Hazzard’s practice combined five arches, an upper terrace and red-tiled roofs in a garden-facing house.[1] [2]

2. 1996–1999

   Repaired and then listed

   Repairs are recorded in 1996; listing followed three years later, placing film-institution use within a conservation framework.[1] [2]

3. 2018

   Further building repairs

   The later repair continued care for the historic house; its garden photographs remain distinct from public-street views.[1] [2]

Shanghai and the world

Building and neighbourhood

Yongfu’s houses later accommodated film, diplomacy and domestic life. No. 52’s film-institution history belongs to this address, separate from its neighbours.[1] [2]