乌达克 / Hudec (Shanghai architect)

Overview

乌达克 appears as the better-known comparison point for 赉安 / 赖安 in the episode’s account of modern Shanghai architecture.

Current Profile

The source treats Hudec as a major Shanghai architect whose reputation was studied earlier and more visibly than Lai An’s. He is positioned as commercially strong, socially capable, active across public and French Concession spaces, and supported by networks such as the American Raven connection. The comparison helps Wu Feipeng argue that Lai An’s French academic training, Art Deco purity, and French Concession concentration deserve more attention.

Key Characteristics

• Hudec is the familiar benchmark against which Lai An’s underrecognition is measured.
• His Shanghai work is described as more commercially colored than Lai An’s.
• He is associated with both public-settlement and French-Concession commissions.
• His survival record is contrasted with Lai An’s more preserved building corpus.

Evidence

• Reputation evidence: 498 寻找赉安：为近代上海梧桐区创造风貌的法国建筑师 says Shanghai research on Hudec began earlier, with work already underway in the early 1990s.
• Comparison evidence: 498 寻找赉安：为近代上海梧桐区创造风貌的法国建筑师 contrasts Hudec’s commercial color and broader commission geography with Lai An’s French Concession base and construction quality.
• Network evidence: 498 寻找赉安：为近代上海梧桐区创造风貌的法国建筑师 links Hudec’s public-settlement work to social ability, design ability, foreign-firm withdrawal, and later support from Raven.

Qualifications

This page is source-bounded to a comparison role. It does not provide a full Hudec biography or independent work list.

What Changed

• Created a comparison profile for Hudec as the better-known counterpart to Lai An.

Relationships

• 赉安 / 赖安 / Lai An (architect) - compared architect whose significance the episode elevates.
• Shanghai French Concession Architecture / 上海法租界建筑 - overlapping urban field for some Hudec and Lai An commissions.
• Shanghai Art Deco Architecture / 上海装饰艺术派建筑 - style context where the episode compares Shanghai modern architects.
• Urban Architectural Memory / 城市建筑记忆 - public recognition field in which Hudec is already more visible.