Former American Club, Shanghai

A six-storey building plus basement, around 1000m2 per floor, designed in the common steel and concrete construction prevalent along The Bund area of Shanghai.

[2] “Architect Laszlo Hudec chose the American Georgian colonial style, which was popular with social clubs in the US at that time,” says Tongji University associate professor Hua Xiahong, author of the book “Shanghai Hudec Architecture.” “The interior is designed ... with a lot of dark wood, classic applied columns and white door frames.

“The room has a Chinese-style coffered ceiling with colorful paintings and palace lanterns as ornaments.

It is furnished with traditional Chinese square tables and fauteuils to enhance the Chinese ambience.” Between 1960 and 1991 it became the premises of the Shanghai Higher People's Court and the Shanghai Second Intermediate people’s court.

On 20 August 2018, the newly established Shanghai Financial Court opened in the building.