Bata Skyscraper in Zlín, Czech Republic was originally the administration building of the Bata Shoes factory and shoemaker Jan Antonín Baťa decided to build a functional office inside the elevator. What is most surprising is that there happens to be a working telephone line, separate lighting, air conditioning and even a running sink with hot as well as cold water, all in a moving elevator.
What makes this particular building special is that it was was one of the first high-rise buildings to be constructed in Europe and the third-tallest pre-war skyscraper after Madrid’s Telefónica Building and Antwerp’s Boerentoren. It was constructed in the style of Constructivist architecture, designed by Vladimír Karfík, and built between 1936-1938 headed by company president Jan Antonín Baťa.
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