1. Introduction
1.1. Why this research
1.2. China and modernization
1.3. About the sources of this research
1.4. Short historiographical remarks
1.5. Notes
2. Laszlo Hugyecz: called by destiny. 1898-1918
2.1. Deported towards the future
2.2. The HugyecZ family
2.3. Budapest
UNIVERSITY AND EARLY PROJECTS
3. Shanghai, Laszlo Hudec at the Curry office. 1919-1927
3.1. Shanghai
THE ISSUE OF EXTRATERRITORIALITY. LAND REGULATIONS. GROWTH OF A HYBRID CITY.
THE CHINESE CITY. JUDGES, JURISDICTIONS, COURTS AND TRIBUNALS.
3.2. Postcards from a new life.
KATZ HOUSE, INTERSAVIN BANK. RUE RATARD. BEYOND THE POINT OF NO RETURN.
3.3. Laszlo Hudec and Rowland Curry
MCTYEIRE SCHOOL. SHANGHAI BANKERS ASSOCIATION. LUZERNE ROAD HOUSE.
AMERICAN CLUB. INTERSAVIN BANK #2. NORMANDIE APARTMENTS
4. Shanghai, Laszlo Hudec and Western clients. 1923-1932
4.1. Forepart of colonial architecture
HENRY MURPHY AND THE ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE. LONGTANG HOUSES.
4.2. First steps of an independent career
COUNTRY HOSPITAL. AVANTGARDE TECHNOLOGIES AND AIR-CONDITIONING.
THE SUCCESS OF THE COUNTRY HOSPITAL. PAULUN HOSPITAL, MARGARET WILLIAMSON HOSPITAL
4.3. Real estate, not only a garage with a bedroom
ESTRELLA APARTMENTS. ASIA REALTY HOUSES. BURLINGTON APARTMENTS.
WEIHAIWEI ROAD HOUSE.
4.4. The extra-settlement roads
COLUMBIA CIRCLE. COLUMBIA ROAD HOUSE. THE CASE OF THE COLUMBIA ROAD DRAINAGE.
RAVEN HOUSE
4.5. The modern typology of the apartment
AMBASSADOR APARTMENTS. AVENUE APARTMENTS.
5. Shanghai, Laszlo Hudec and the Chinese élite. 1927- 1932
5.1. A cultural system in evolution
THE OPENING TOWARDS THE WEST. NEW EDUCATION. CHARLES SOONG AND SUN YAT-SEN.
THE REPUBLICAN CHINA. RE-EMERGING NATIONALISM. THE NANKING REPUBLIC.
5.2. For a Chinese bank.
JOINT SAVINGS SOCIETY BUILDING. POLISH RURAL RENAISSANCE.
THE PROCELESS ELEGANCE OF MATERIALS.
5.3. For the Chinese élite cinese, people and dwellings.
(K.S.LIEU) LIU JISHENG HOUSE. SUN KE HOUSE.
5.4. For Chinese public institutions
CHAPEI POWER STATION. CHIAOTUNG UNIVERSITY
5.5. For the spirit and its messengers.
THE MISSIONARY TIDE. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. CHAPEI FUNERARY CHAPEL.
MOORE MEMORIAL CHURCH. THE TWIN BUILDINGS IN YUEN MING YUEN ROAD.
5.6. In search of a balance, between eclecticism and expressionism.
A SUCCESS ON THE RAZORBLADE EDGE. INTELLIGENT ECLECTICISM. THE ETHICS BEHIND THE PROJECTS. SOURCES AND REFERENCES. TRIPS TO EUROPE. THE EXPRESSIONISTIC INSPIRATION.
FRITZ HÖGER. HONISBERG GARAGE. CHINA AND GERMANY: TWO YOUNG REPUBLICS
6. Shanghai, Laszlo Hudec and the Park Hotel. 1931- 1934
6.1. A skyscraper in Shanghai.
MONUMENT TO THE FINANCIAL ÉLITE. SKYCRAPER AND MODERNITY. THE BIRTH OF THE PROJECT.
6.2. A colossus standing on mud and sand
SOIL MECHANICS. THE PARK HOTEL FOUNDATIONS.
6.3. American model, German steel
THE STEEL OF THE PARK HOTEL. STEEL WARS.
6.4. Expressionism outside... Art Dèco inside
PARK HOTEL, OUTDOOR. HUDEC VS HOOD. PARK HOTEL, INDOOR.
6.5. Laszlo Hudec and the international trajectories of the skyscraper
CHICAGO 1893 AND LOUIS SULLIVAN. EUROPE AND AMERICA BETWEEN THE TWO CENTURIES.
THE FLAMING TWENTIES. BERLIN AND CHICAGO. PARIS 1925 AND THE ART DECO IN THE USA. THE CIRCULATION OF IDEAS AND IMAGERIES IN THE TWENTIES. GERMANY. THE PARK HOTEL AND THE CROSSING OF IMAGERIES IN THE THIRTIES. THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
6.6. Footnotes to the story of the Park Hotel
THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE SUCCESS OF THE PARK HOTEL.
7. Shanghai, Laszlo Hudec and the International Style. 1931-1939
7.1. For the showbiz and the world of entertainment
SHANGHAI, THE PARIS OF THE EAST. MOVIE AND IMAGERY, BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. THE YOUNG COMPANION. CHEKIANG THEATRE. LAFAYETTE CINEMA. ISIS THEATRE.
GRAND THEATRE. ESPRESSIONISTIC VIRTUOSISM. A GRAND SUCCESS.
7.2. Traces of Germany
GERMAN CHURCH. KENNWORT LUTHER. GEMEINDE HALL, GERMAN COUNTRY CLUB.
7.3. All kinds of Modern
UNION BREWERY. HUBERTUS COURT APARTMENTS. DR.WOO'S HOUSE.
SACRED HEART SCHOOL. PHILANTROPIST AND APOSTLE OF CHARITY. THE JAPANESE INVASION. APOSTLE OF CHARITY AND TRAITOR OF THE COUNTRY. AURORA COLLEGE. HOUSES, SCHOOLS, OFFICES AND SKYSCRAPERS.
8. Diverging trajectories, converging trajectories, encounters.
8.1. Travels and sources
8.2. Antonin Raymond
8.3. Modern architecture in Central Europe
TCHEKOSLOVAKIA. HUNGARY. THE MIGRATION OF THE THIRTIES.
LASZLO HUDEC'S INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS.
8.4. Modern movements in Shanghai
C.H.GONDA AND ART DÉCO. LEONARD & VESSEYRE. PALMER & TURNER. THE GENERATION OF CHINESE ARCHITECT OF WESTERN EDUCATION. LASZLO HUDEC IN THE CITY BUILT ON OPIUM.
8.5. Teilhard de Chardin
9. Epilogue. 1939-1958
9.1. Shanghai, wartimes
THE HONORARY CONSUL.
9.2. Laszlo Hudec and Italy
PAPA PIO XI. O.N.D. THE MARCO POLO. STONE ARCHED BRIDGES: INVENTION OR IMITATION?
CIVIL WAR. ESCAPING AGAIN. SAINT PETER'S TOMB.
9.3. Laszlo Hudec and America
AT THE EXAM TO BECOME AMERICAN CITIZEN. LAST PROJECTS.
10. Post Scriptum
10.1. Post Scriptum