Overnight at the Crossroads: Abelardo Lafuente’s Architectural Legacy for ‘The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.’ in Shanghai

Abstract The business success of the most important hotel company in Asia in the 20th century, and therefore of its owners, the Kadoorie Family, is intertwined with the life of the only Spanish architect in the city of Huangpu. A long-forgotten story, its discovery reveals the interests, tastes and...

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Main Author: Álvaro Leonardo Pérez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:Built Heritage
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03545741