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American Consulate Contest Project
Media Type
Newspaper Article
Date
March-April 1917
Media Name
La Tribuna (Madrid)
Building Contest (1917) for the General Consulate of the United States of America including Court of Justice, Post Office and detain jail. It was one of the most important international public competitions of the time in Shanghai and the winning studio was "Lafuente & Wootten Architects".
This feat appeared in various Spanish press, since the news was transmitted by the Spanish Embassy in Beijing to the Spanish Government.
This article is extracted from:
Leonardo Pérez, Alvaro. 2019. “Abelardo Lafuente García-
Rojo (1871–1931), a Spanish Architect in China.” PhD
diss. Alcala Henares University. Annex 08.04, page 561.
The cover photo is extracted from:
Leonardo Pérez, Alvaro. 2025 (pg. 104) en el libro “Relaciones entre China y España: Genesis, desarrollo y perspectivas.” Guillermo Escolar, Coleccion de Estudios de Asia Oriental, Madrid, 2025. 143 pags. ISBN: 979-13-87789-11-4
