(250611) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA (SLOVAKIA), June 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 5, 2025 shows the tomb of Hungarian-born architect Ladislav Hudec's family where Ladislav Hudec was buried in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. A century ago, Hungarian-born architect Ladislav Hudec fled the turmoil of World War I and found refuge in China. Settling in Shanghai in 1918, he helped shape the skyline of what would become China's largest metropolis. Hudec designed nearly 70 buildings in Shanghai -- 27 of which are now recognized as outstanding historical landmarks. Among his iconic works are the Park Hotel, once the tallest building in Asia, the Grand Theater, the Moore Memorial Church and the wedge-shaped Wukang Building, formerly known as the Normandie Apartments. Today, in Hudec's birthplace and final resting place -- Banska Bystrica, a city nestled in central Slovakia -- his legacy lives on in an unexpected setting: a quiet room inside the State Scientific Library, just steps from where he was born. (Photo by Peter Lahky/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Slovak library honors Hudec, architect who shapes Shanghai's cityscape