page_title: Baťa's Skyscraper
section_title: Elevators
hierarchical_section_title: Baťa's Skyscraper / Description / Elevators
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Baťa's Skyscraper, a.k.a. Building No. 21 in Zlín, Czech Republic
context_page_description: 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 third tallest pre-war skyscraper after Madrid's Telefónica Building and Antwerp's Boerentoren. The building is in constructivist architecture was designed by Vladimír Karfík. It was built between 1936 and 1938 at the instruction of Jan Antonín Baťa.
  Originally, the administration offices were to be concentrated in three interconnected three-story buildings. However, architect Karfík came up with a design of a high-rise building and eventually got Jan Antonín Baťa for his idea.
context_section_description: All vertical communication routes were located outside the basic building layout. There were four  liftboy-operated  elevators used by the staff  (with a total capacity of 100 seats). The high number of elevators ensured that the cabin arrived within a maximum of 30 seconds of being called. The elevator speed was 2 m / s. There was also an  express elevator (intended for company visitors) which traveled at speeds of up to 3.2 m / s.
  Two adjacent floors were connected with a paternoster lift with 31 cabins.
  The building also had  a freight elevator,  and an elevator for post delivery. A garbage and paper chute was also  an integral part of the building,
caption: Baťa's office
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