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In shanghai, living in a building or a villa 赉安 lai an means "better life". behind this chinese name, it is the french architect d.p.l.g. alexandre leonard's who's honored and celebrated. in 1920, just being a graduate of architecture, he moved to shanghai based on marcel jeanneret's (le corbusier) recommendations. in 1924, he created his own f