Baťa's Skyscraper
skyscraper in Zlín, Czech Republic
Baťa's Skyscraper (Czech: Baťův mrakodrap), also known as Building No. 21, is a skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia. It is 77.5 metres high and has sixteen floors. It was the administration building of Bata Shoes, a company that was based in the city. Now it is headquarters of the Zlín Region.
This building was one of the first high-rise buildings to be constructed in Europe: it was the third-tallest pre-war skyscraper after Madrid's Telefónica Building and Antwerp's Boerentoren. The building is in the style of Constructivist architecture, designed by Vladimír Karfík. It was built between 1936 and 1938 at the direction of company president Jan Antonín Baťa, who took over following the death of his half-brother Tomáš Baťa.
Originally, the administration offices were to be concentrated in three interconnected three-story buildings. Architect Karfík suggested the design of a high-rise building and eventually got Jan Antonín Baťa's support for his idea.
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