... After 1949 part of the building was used by chemical company, part - by the bank. ... Eight-story building is a signature of Hudec, designed in a Renaissance style. ... Zhao Zhukang, mayor of Shanghai before 1949, artists like Zhao Dan, Qing Yi lived here. ... Hudec designed his second residence (after Sun Ke's house) for his family in 1930. 4000-square-meter site was bought probably with old house and re-designed in Tudorbethan style, probably according to Hudec's wife Gisela Meyer. ...