Status Complete Completed 1938 Roof 77.5 m (254 ft) Height 78 m Floors 17 Architect Vladimír Karfík | Location Zlín, Czech Republic Opening 1938 Floor count 17 Opened 1938 Construction started 1936 | |
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Address tř. Tomáše Bati 21, 760 01 Zlín, Czechia Similar Malenovice Castle, Muzeum jihovýchodní Moravy v, Zlín‑Lešná Zoo, Dřevnice, Schloss Lešná | ||
Baťa's Skyscraper, also known as Building No. 21 is a skyscraper in Zlín, Czech Republic. It is 77.5 metres high and has sixteen floors. It was the administration building of the shoemaking factory Bata Shoes. Now it is headquarters of the Zlín Region. This building was one of the first high-rise buildings in Europe—being the second tallest pre-war skyscraper after Antwerp's Boerentoren. The building is in constructivist architecture and was designed by Vladimír Karfík.
The building was built between 1937 and 1938 at the instruction of Jan Antonín Baťa.
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Baťa's Skyscraper Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA