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ABELARDO LAFUENTE
· RESEARCH PROJECT ·
A. Lafuente Research Project was born to publicize the discoveries made about the Spanish architecture imprint in China (but also in the Philippines, USA, and Mexico) designed by Abelardo Lafuente García-Rojo (Madrid 1871- Shanghai 1931) at the beginning of the XX century.
Our mission
To make known the discoveries made from 2009 onwards by Alvaro Leonardo (Spanish Ph.D. architect (2019) who discovered Abelardo's forgotten figure for Shanghai´s foreign architecture episode) to draw the cultural ties closer between Spain and China.
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His figure and unique works have gone unnoticed in the history of his native country, Spain, but also in the four countries where he left his imprint in the form of architectural hidden gems: China, the USA, the Philippines, and Mexico.
Most relevant indexed Papers
BUILT HERITAGE
Special Issue
Vol 3 Num 03 (2019)
Shanghai: Heritage at the Crossroads of Cultures
"Overnight at the Crossroads: Abelardo Lafuente´s Architectural Legacy for ‘The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.’ in Shanghai"
CN 31-2123/G0, ISSN 2096-3041
Tongji University Press and Spring Nature
Language ENG
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Relevant interviews in Media
"Abelardo Lafuente, the Spanish architect of golden Shanghai" by Pablo M. Diez (ESP)
Diario ABC,
February 25th, 2021
"A Spaniard in pre-communist Shanghai" by Zigor Aldama (ESP)
Babelia, EL PAIS,
June 25th, 2011
"The Spanish architect who built his 'Alhambra' in Shanghai in the 1920s" by Inma Escribano (ESP)
El Confindencial, December 5th, 2021
"Shanghai's little-known Spanish style" by Tang Yingxian (ENG)
Shanghai Daily,
May 11th, 2011
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