People · architect
Károly Gonda (C. H. Gonda)
鸿达1889–1969
Hungarian architect in Shanghai from 1920; designed the Capitol and Cathay theatres and the Bank of Communications Building on the Bund.
Károly Gonda (鸿达, Hóngdá), known in English as C. H. Gonda, was a Hungarian architect born in 1889 who worked in Shanghai from 1920 and opened his own practice in 1922, according to English Wikipedia. His Shanghai works include the Capitol Theatre and the Cathay Theatre. The Bank of Communications Building on the Bund, finished in 1948, was his last large project in the city.
Places
Building· c. 1946–1948
Bank of Communications Building
上海市总工会大楼Shànghǎi Shì Zǒnggōnghuì Dàlóu
The last building finished on the Bund before 1949: Gonda's late Art Deco Bank of Communications of 1948, now the city's Federation of Trade Unions.
Building· 1930–1931
Cathay Theatre
国泰电影院Guótài Diànyǐngyuàn
Art Deco cinema on Huaihai Middle Road, opened 1 January 1932 and listed as a Shanghai Outstanding Historical Building in 1994.
Stories
Sources
- 1.English Wikipedia (article given in each fact's locator) (English Wikipedia), Wikimedia Foundation — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._H._Gondawikipedia
- 2.Shanghai Bund Buildings series, part 6: Customs House and Bank of Communications Building (《上海外滩建筑群》系列推送第六期 | 江海关大楼&交通银行大楼), 澎湃新闻·湃客（上海城建档案系列） — https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_25751331article
- 3.Readable Architecture: the mountain-shaped (山) building on the Bund (在外滩，有这样一幢“山”字型建筑，值得我们去了解｜建筑可阅读), 新浪财经 — https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2022-02-20/doc-imcwiwss1970649.shtmlarticle