Martin is not in Madrid

View over the city

These pictures are from archive from last summer from city Zlín. Zlín is famous because of Baťa and his shoe factory. He had helped to make a city from a village. He hired two architects – Gahura and Karfík. They both made a new city of a new age. Gahura came up with urbanistic plan and Karfík designed few legendary buildings like house for workers, Baťa skyscraper.

Skyscraper

Some photos are from museum in the famous Baťa scyscraper where is located city council.

Entrance to the sckyscraper

Scyscraper

Inside Baťa museum

Inside Baťa museum

Inside Baťa museum

Famous Baťa’s office in the lift

View through luxfer window

Skyscraper from the bottom

Skyscraper

An old factory

On the roof of the scyscraper

Trolleybuses

Kamča

Trolleybus

Baťa’s houses (from a car)

New university library

Theatre

View to the north

View to the south

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