Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Somugumisiro wokukura kwokuvaka kwakaitika mukati mamakore a1920 na1930, Shanghai ine zvimwe zvezvivako zvakawanda zveArt Deco munyika. Mumwe wevavaki vakakurumbira zvikuru aishanda muShanghai akanga ari László Hudec, muHungarian-Slovak aigara muguta racho pakati pa1918 na1947. Zvivako zvake zvinozivikanwa zvikuru zveArt Deco zvinosanganisira Park Hotel, Grand Cinema, uye Paramount. Vamwe vavaki vakakurumbira vakabatsira kuti Art Deco igadziriswe ndiClement Palmer naArthur Turner, avo pamwe chete vakagadzira Peace Hotel, Metropole Hotel, uye Broadway Mansions; uye mugadziri weAustria C.H. Gonda, uyo akagadzira Capitol Theatre. Bund yakamutsidzirwa kanoverengeka. Yokutanga yakanga iri muna 1986, ine mugwagwa mutsva wakavakwa nomugadziri wechiDutch Paulus Snoeren. Yechipiri yakanga iri pamberi pe
Expo ya2010, iyo inosanganisira kudzorerwa kweWaibaidu Bridge ine zana ramakore uye kugadziriswazve kwekufamba kwemotokari.