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Office & tower · Modernism

Baťa's Skyscraper (Building 21)

Vladimír Karfík · Zlín, Czech Republic · 1938

Key features16-storey concrete-frame office tower; the director's 6 x 6 m office was an air-conditioned lift.

Architect
Vladimír Karfík
Place
Zlín, Czech Republic
Year
1938
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Modernism
Region
Europe
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