|  L. E. Hudec (1893-1958)
Born in the town of Besztercebánya in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now part of Slovakia) on January 8, 1893, Laszlo Ede Hudec grew up thoroughly immersed in the world of architecture and building. His father, Gyorgy, an architect who ran a construction business, encouraged him to work in all aspects of the trade, even employing the 12 year old Laszlo in his office. Graduating as an architect from the Royal University in Budapest in 1914, Laszlo immediately enlisted in the Austro-Hungarian army. In 1916, he was captured on the Russian front and sent to prison camp in Siberia from which he escaped in 1918, making his way through China to Shanghai where he joined the American architectural firm of R. A. Curry. As Associate Architect to Curry, Hudec was responsible for the design of numerous residences and buildings such as The American Club, McTyeire School and Normandie Apartment building. In 1925, Hudec opened his own practice, and went on to become one of the most celebrated and prolific architects in Shanghai in the 1930s. Between 1918 and 1947, he designed over 65 buildings in Shanghai. From 1932 to 1947, his office was located on the 8th floor of the China Baptist Publication Building at 209 Yuanmingyuan Road. In that period of time he has served as the first honorary consul for Hungary. Hudec, his German wife Giselle and their three children, Martin, Theodore and Alessa, lived in houses designed by Hudec at 17 Lucerne Rd ( Lixi Road ) and 57 Columbia Rd (Panyu road) before moving to an apartment in Hubertus Court (Dahua Hotel) in 1937. Hudec's Beaux-Arts training at the Royal Joseph Technical University in Budapest equipped him with the fundamentals of Classical architecture that were to be the foundation of his lifelong work. Through a series of chance events, Hudec arrived in Shanghai at the beginning of his career, coinciding with the city entering its most dynamic decades. It was here that Hudec spent the bulk of his working life, becoming a husband, father, businessman and prominent member of the community. Hudec continued to travel and keep a sketch book throughout his working life, just as he had been taught to do as a student. His travels and observations fed his architectural curiosity, enabling him to experiment with new styles and to embrace modernism with consummate skill. During his trip to the United States in 1927-28 he sketched the Art Deco hotels and skyscrapers of New York, being particularly inspired by the work of Raymond Hood. On his return, Hudec turned whole-heartedly towards Art Deco and Modernism, designing some of Shanghai’s most memorable buildings of the period (Park Hotel). Hudec and his family left Shanghai in 1947 for Switzerland than the United States. In California Hudec retired from architectural work and merged in archeological studies until his sudden death on 26 October 1958. 
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邬达克生平 （1893 — 1958）
邬达克（LaszloEde Hudec）于1893年1月8日出生在奥匈帝国一个名叫拜斯泰采巴尼亚的小镇上（现为斯洛伐克领土）。他自小在建筑的熏陶下成长。他的父亲Gyorgy，一名经营着自己的工程公司的建筑师，鼓励邬达克涉足建筑领域的所有方面，甚至雇了当时只有12岁的邬达克在公司做事。1914年，邬达克从布达佩斯皇家学院毕业后，随即应征入伍，成为一名奥匈军队的士兵；1916年在俄罗斯前线被俘后送至西伯利亚监狱；1918年胜利逃出监狱，流亡到上海。不久，他加入了当时的克利洋行，成为一名助理建筑师。正是在这里，他负责设计了包括上海花旗总会、中西女中和武康大楼等一批上海的重要建筑。
1925年，邬达克开设了自己的事务所，继而成为二十世纪三十年代上海最知名、最多产的建筑师之一。从1918年到1947年，他总共设计了65幢建筑。从1932年到1947期间，他一直都在圆明园路209号的浸信会大楼的8楼办公；1943年至1944年，邬达克曾任第一位匈牙利驻上海名誉领事。
邬达克和他的德国妻子Giselle以及三个孩子Martin、Theodore和Alessa，在1937年搬到达华公寓以前，一直都住在吕西纳路17号和哥伦比亚路（现番禺路）57号邬达克亲自设计的房子里。
邬达克在布达佩斯皇家约瑟夫理工学院所受的学院派风格的训练，为他打下了坚实的古典建筑的基础，而这也成为他终生设计风格的基石。通过一连串的波折，邬达克在开展事业的初期来到了上海，正逢这个城市开始她最具活力的黄金年代。正是在上海，邬达克度过了自己职业生涯的主要时期，并成长为一名丈夫、父亲、商人和当时社会的重要人物。正如他在学生时期被教导的那样，邬达克在游历四海时，随身总带着一本素描本。邬达克通过旅行和细致的观察满足他对建筑的好奇心，这同时也让他得以尝试新的风格，并在自己纯熟的设计技能的基础上融入现代主义风格。1927—1928年期间，邬达克游历美国，他画下了纽约充满装饰艺术风格的旅馆和摩天楼建筑。他深受雷蒙德?胡德作品的启发，回到上海以后，邬达克全身心地运用装饰艺术风格和现代主义风格，设计了当时上海最让人印象深刻的建筑（国际饭店）。
1947年，邬达克举家迁往瑞士，之后定居美国加尼弗里亚洲。在那里，邬达克告别了建筑师生涯，开始潜心研究考古，直至1958年10月26日猝然离世。
“邬达克与上海”尔冬强摄影作品展
—庆祝“邬达克年”闭幕—
'HUDEC AND SHANGHAI' DEKE ERH PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
- concluding event of the 'Year of Hudec' -
大光明电影院内景
2009年5月8日著名摄影家尔冬强的“邬达克与上海”摄影作品展在修缮一新的大光明电影院二楼中庭开幕。
邬达克是上个世纪20年代至40年代活跃于上海的著名匈牙利籍建筑设计师，由他设计并在上海建成的建筑作品超过60件，其中大光明电影院、国际饭店、武康大楼等更是上海人家喻户晓的地标性建筑。
著名摄影家尔冬强长期以来用视觉文献的形式，关注上海的建筑遗存。为了研究邬达克传奇的一生，尔冬强两次远赴匈牙利和斯洛伐克，采访拍摄了布达佩斯这个给予邬达克建筑设计产生重要影响的城市以及邬达克的母校——布达佩斯科技大学;尔冬强还深入邬达克出生的城市拜斯特尔采巴尼亚（现斯洛伐克班斯卡比斯特里察），拍摄了邬达克的故居、家族墓地和他童年生活的小城。
此次展览由匈牙利驻沪领事馆和大光明电影院主办，共展出摄影作品50幅，展期至2009年5月15日。
爱神花园（现作家协会）
爱神花园（现作家协会）
吴同文住宅
乡村总会
上海啤酒厂
焉息堂
焉息堂
焉息堂
武康大楼
四行储蓄会大楼（现广发银行）
邬达克在上海的私宅
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