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Architecture

Begin with the facades and street corners. Compare Wukang Mansion and the Peace Hotel, then read how apartments, clubs and gardens changed with the city.

A reading itinerary

  1. Wukang Mansion
  2. Fairmont Peace Hotel
  3. Former American Club
  4. The lost Aili Garden
  5. Wukang Road
  6. Middle Huaihai Road
  7. Anfu Road
  8. Wuyuan Road
  9. Xiefa Apartments
01France

Wukang Mansion

Normandie Apartments · 诺曼底公寓

A French name, a Hungarian architect, a Shanghai home.

Residential · view from the streetRead the story
02Jewish heritage / Britain

Fairmont Peace Hotel

Cathay Hotel / Sassoon House · 华懋饭店 / 沙逊大厦

Follow Victor Sassoon’s story to the Bund’s green roof.

Hotel · check visitor accessRead the story
04Jewish heritage / Britain

The lost Aili Garden

Aili Garden / Hardoon’s Garden · 爱俪园 / 哈同花园

Hardoon’s garden has gone. Its address still tells a story.

Former site · original no longer standsRead the story
05France / United States

Wukang Road

Route Ferguson · 福开森路

A French-concession street with an American’s name.

Public streetRead the story
07France

Anfu Road

Route Dupleix · 巨泼来斯路

A former French street name, and a living theatre district.

Public streetRead the story
08France

Wuyuan Road

Zhao Zhujiao Road · 赵主教路

Apartment experiments and artists’ homes behind the trees.

Public streetRead the story
09Architecture

Xiefa Apartments

Xiefa Apartments · 协发公寓

How a Chinese architect rethought the modern Shanghai home.

Residential · view from the streetRead the story
Sources & further reading