823, 825 and 827 Huashan Road
Haig Apartments
Three houses on a semicircular plot
Read the building profile →SHANGHAI / Streets
Streets
Explore Shanghai street by street. Follow the architecture, old names and former residents of its historic neighbourhoods.
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01
Wukang Road
Route Ferguson
Huashan Road → Middle Huaihai Road
≈ 1.2 km · full street
02
Middle Huaihai Road
Avenue Joffre
Wukang Road → Changshu Road
Western section
03
Anfu Road
Route Dupleix
Wukang Road → Changshu Road
Full street
04
Wuyuan Road
赵主教路
Wukang Road → Changshu Road
Full street
05
Yuanmingyuan Road × Huqiu Road
Yuen Ming Yuen Road · Museum Road
12 places · 2 streets
Behind the Bund: follow brick façades, publishing houses and a museum through two neighbouring streets.
06
Hunan Road
Route A. Charles Culty
Huaihai Middle Road → western map boundary
07
Tai’an Road
Route Camille Lorioz
Wukang Road → western map boundary at Huashan Road
08
Gaoyou Road
Route H. Cordier → Rue Kusin
West Fuxing Road → Hunan Road
09
Yongfu Road
Rue du Père Huc
Wuyuan Road → Hunan Road
10
Fuxing Middle Road
Rue Lafayette
Huaihai Middle Road → map boundary before Fenyang Road
11
Dongping Road
Route Francis Garnier
Wulumuqi South Road → Yueyang Road
Building profiles by street
Dates, design, history and present uses. Choose a building to read its full profile.
Huashan Road4
831 Huashan Road
Sun Family Garden Residence
A garden at Huashan and Wukang roads
Read the building profile →849 Huashan Road
Lilac Garden
Verandas, a dragon wall and contested origins
Read the building profile →893 Huashan Road
Guo Dihuo’s Former Residence
Two building phases within one garden
Read the building profile →Tai’an Road3
1, Lane 10, Tai’an Road
Tang Xiaodan and Lan Weijie’s Former Home
A film-making household within a lane
Read the building profile →4, Lane 76, Tai’an Road
He Luting’s Home in Yicun
A composer’s later life and a small garden
Read the building profile →Lane 120, Tai’an Road
Weileyuan Garden Lanes
A neighbourhood behind an archway
Read the building profile →Xingguo Road1
Within 72 Xingguo Road
Xingguo Hotel, Building 1
A white colonnade within a garden
Read the building profile →Gaoyou Road2
25, Lane 5, Gaoyou Road
Zheng Zhenduo’s Former Home
A wartime guardian of books in Shanghai
Read the building profile →68 Gaoyou Road
He Shizhen’s Former Home
Columns, legal education and public utilities
Read the building profile →Yongfu Road2
52 Yongfu Road
Garden House at 52 Yongfu Road
Five arches and a film institution’s history
Read the building profile →151 Yongfu Road
German Consul-General’s Residence
A garden house in diplomatic use
Read the building profile →Hengshan Road3
53 Hengshan Road
Community Church
Simplified Gothic Revival
Read the building profile →303 Hengshan Road, at Gao’an Road
Washington Apartments
High-rise corner apartments
Read the building profile →10 Hengshan Road
Former Shanghai American School
American collegiate architecture
Read the building profile →Gao’an Road2
14 Gao’an Road, at Kangping Road
Amyron Apartments
Art Deco and Modernist
Read the building profile →20, Lane 18, Gao’an Road
Rong Desheng’s Gao’an Road Residence
Modern detached residence
Read the building profile →South Wulumuqi Road3
64 South Wulumuqi Road (66 Wutong Courtyard)
Garden House at 64 South Wulumuqi Road
English country-house style
Read the building profile →Building 2, 178 South Wulumuqi Road
Xia Yan’s Former Residence
English house with Spanish decorative elements
Read the building profile →Ground floor, Building 3, 178 South Wulumuqi Road
Cao Ying’s Study
Memorial study within a historic residence
Read the building profile →Dongping Road5
1 Dongping Road
Garden House at 1 Dongping Road
English country-house style
Read the building profile →7 Dongping Road
House at 7 Dongping Road
European-style garden residence
Read the building profile →9 Dongping Road
Ailu, 9 Dongping Road
French-style garden residence
Read the building profile →11 Dongping Road
Villa Rosenfeld
Neoclassical
Read the building profile →5 Dongping Road
Garden House at 5 Dongping Road
European-style garden house with arcades
Read the building profile →Wanping Road1
7 Wanping Road, near Middle Huaihai Road
Former Residence at 7 Wanping Road
Modern forms with Art Deco elements
Read the building profile →Taojiang Road1
Triangle of Taojiang, Fenyang and Yueyang Roads
Pushkin Monument
Bronze bust on a stone plinth
Read the building profile →West Fuxing Road7
271 West Fuxing Road, Xuhui, Shanghai
Gaoyou Apartments
Five storeys at the entrance to Gaoyou Road
Read the building profile →68 Yongfu Road; 91 and 93 West Fuxing Road, Xuhui, Shanghai
Liangyou Apartments
Homes within a wedge-shaped corner
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区复兴西路62号
The Cloister and Hengfu Heritage Gallery
A connecting passage and a neighbourhood’s stories
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区复兴西路147号
Ke Ling’s Former Residence
Writing years in a Spanish-style apartment
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区复兴西路26、28号
Boissezon Apartments
A chamfered corner between two streets
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区复兴西路24号
Magy Apartments
Curves rising from a compact corner
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区复兴西路34号
Willow Court
A residential tower behind a garden
Read the building profile →Hunan Road3
上海市徐汇区湖南路8号
Zhao Dan’s Former Residence
A life in film behind curved balconies
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区湖南路105号
Zhang Shuxun Residence and Former Symphony Site
From a private garden to the city’s rehearsal room
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区湖南路262号
Hunan Villa
A garden residence behind walls and layers of history
Read the building profile →Middle Fuxing Road5
Lane 1363, Middle Fuxing Road, Xuhui, Shanghai
Clements Apartments
Brick patterns around a residential courtyard
Read the building profile →Nos. 1–4, Lane 1360, Middle Fuxing Road, Xuhui, Shanghai
Xinkang Apartments · Lane 1360
The five-storey apartments at Jubilee Court’s southern edge
Read the building profile →1331 Fuxing Middle Road
Blackstone Apartments
Eclectic architecture with Baroque details
Read the building profile →1327 Fuxing Middle Road
Elizabeth Apartments
Art Deco
Read the building profile →1380 Fuxing Middle Road
Shanghai Symphony Hall
Contemporary hall with low curving roofs
Read the building profile →Huaihai Middle Road8
1842–1858 Huaihai Middle Road
Wukang Mansion
From the Normandie Apartments to everyday life in Shanghai
Read the building profile →1843 Middle Huaihai Road
Soong Ching Ling’s Residence
A home and a place of international encounters
Read the building profile →1768弄 Middle Huaihai Road
Xiafei Garden
A garden neighbourhood and a literary network
Read the building profile →1634 Middle Huaihai Road
The House at 1634 Middle Huaihai Road
A low house read through its plinth, columns and levels
Read the building profile →1555 Middle Huaihai Road
Shanghai Library · Huaihai Road
A place for reading on the tree-lined avenue
Read the building profile →1517 Middle Huaihai Road
Sheng Xuanhuai’s Residence
A garden-facing home linked to industry and education
Read the building profile →1413 Middle Huaihai Road
Former Hongying Library · Xuhui Art Museum
Books, classrooms and an art museum
Read the building profile →1300–1326 Middle Huaihai Road
Huaihai Building · Empire Mansions
Shops and city homes meet at the corner
Read the building profile →Anfu Road6
上海市徐汇区安福路322号
Garden House at 322 Anfu Road
From a Kong property to film distribution and reading
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区安福路288号
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre
A working stage on Anfu Road
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区安福路284号
Historic Villa at 284 Anfu Road
Law, diplomacy and theatre beneath red tiles
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区安福路201号
Former Wu Guozhen Residence
A home, a mayor’s residence and civic memory
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区安福路191弄15号
He Luting’s Home in Meihuali
A lane home linked to screen and stage
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区安福路7号
Luo Bozhao’s Former Home
From private coin collecting to a public museum
Read the building profile →Wuyuan Road5
上海市徐汇区五原路314号
Former China Welfare Foundation Nursery
A garden residence becomes a place of childcare
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区五原路288弄3号
Zhang Leping’s Former Home
At home with the creator of Sanmao
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区五原路258号
Liberty Apartments
A vertical home among garden houses
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区五原路253—271号
Xiefa Apartments
Designing daily life with light, air and movement
Read the building profile →上海市徐汇区五原路205弄
Laisi South Village
Five related houses and a shared lane
Read the building profile →Yuanmingyuan · Huqiu12
100–114 Beijing East Road
Andrews & George Building
An old street corner meets a growing skyline
Read the building profile →97 Yuanmingyuan Road
Ampire Building
Bay windows bring an office to the street
Read the building profile →115 Yuanmingyuan Road
Yuanmingyuan Apartments
Everyday urban life beneath a low roofline
Read the building profile →133 Yuanmingyuan Road
YWCA Building
A women’s organisation and a meeting of design traditions
Read the building profile →149 Yuanmingyuan Road
Somekh Building
A city read through its newsroom windows
Read the building profile →169 Yuanmingyuan Road
Union Building
An institutional network behind repeated windows
Read the building profile →185 Yuanmingyuan Road
Lyceum Building
A theatre name survives on a different building
Read the building profile →209 Yuanmingyuan Road
True Light Building
A publication gives a landmark its name
Read the building profile →142–146 Huqiu Road
Capitol Building
Cinema, work and home under one roof
Read the building profile →128 Huqiu Road
Kwang Hsueh Building
Find publishing history on the other side of the block
Read the building profile →Huqiu Road, beside Lyceum; follow site signs
Urban Archaeology Library
Bring the street you walked into books and archives
Read the building profile →20 Huqiu Road, Huangpu, Shanghai
Royal Asiatic Society Building
From a museum and library to contemporary art
Read the building profile →Buildings along Wukang Road
26 buildings and building groups, from garden houses and apartments to a school. Explore an independent history for each address-directory entry.
01 · 2 Wukang Road
Mo Shangqing’s house
A silk-industry family at the northern end
Read the full profile →02 · Nos. 1 and 2, Lane 40, Wukang Road
The Lane 40 houses
Recovering Dong Dayou’s authorship through drawings
Read the full profile →03 · 63 Wukang Road
Zhu Zuotong’s house
Family memory beneath four dormers
Read the full profile →04 · 99 Wukang Road
The house at No. 99
A garden house through changing institutional uses
Read the full profile →05 · Nos. 1–4, Lane 100, Wukang Road
Lane 100
Two houses, four units and a new use
Read the full profile →06 · 105 Wukang Road
The corner at No. 105
Small-scale housing meets the shopping street
Read the full profile →07 · 113 Wukang Road
Ba Jin’s home
Writing returned to its desk and garden
Read the full profile →08 · 115 Wukang Road, northeast corner of Hunan Road
Midan Apartments
A complete home in a tiny corner
Read the full profile →09 · Southwest corner of Wukang and Hunan Roads
Guofumen Apartments
From garages to shops, towards modernism
Read the full profile →10 · 240–246 Wukang Road
Kempton Apartments
A modern home on a triangular plot
Read the full profile →11 · 129 Wukang Road
The house at No. 129
Hudec’s architecture at the scale of a small home
Read the full profile →12 · 210 Wukang Road
The Romeo Balcony
A literary image above a real front door
Read the full profile →13 · 270 and 272 Wukang Road
Huang Xuhua’s former home
Family life at the start of a scientific career
Read the full profile →14 · 274 Wukang Road
Zheng Dongguo’s former home
A changed address and layers of residential life
Read the full profile →15 · No. 2, Lane 280, Wukang Road
Shanghai World Primary School
A school founded in 1936, on this campus since 1965
Read the full profile →16 · Nos. 8, 9, 11, 15, 16 and 43, Lane 280
The garden houses of Lane 280
Six addresses and everyday life in a historic neighbourhood
Read the full profile →17 · 376–378 Wukang Road
Ferguson Lane
A red-brick house and the life of a courtyard
Read the full profile →18 · 390 Wukang Road
The villa at No. 390
A consular home and an address in automotive history
Read the full profile →19 · Third floor, No. 1, Lane 391, Wukang Road
Zhou Xuan’s former home
A singer’s address on the third floor of Lane 391
Read the full profile →20 · 393 Wukang Road; public centre at 393A
Huang Xing’s residence
One address, two architectural periods
Read the full profile →21 · 395 Wukang Road
Shanghai Film Actors’ Troupe entrance
A working courtyard and a street of film memories
Read the full profile →22 · 394, 396 and 398 Wukang Road
Southern garden houses
394, 396, 398: three addresses to care for together
Read the full profile →23 · Nos. 1–5, Lane 400, Wukang Road
Lane 400
A lane number opens onto several households
Read the full profile →24 · 435 Wukang Road
Wukang Mansion’s rear residential block
No. 435: from garages and service rooms to homes
Read the full profile →25 · 1828–1834 Middle Huaihai Road
Wukang Mansion’s eastern annex
The 1930 addition extends an apartment group eastward
Read the full profile →26 · 1842–1858 Huaihai Middle Road
Wukang Mansion
From the Normandie Apartments to everyday life in Shanghai
Read the full profile →