Thomas Bata villa in Zlin
Featured location 02/2017
The villa of Thomas Bata, the founder of the Bata shoe factories, is one of the architectural landmarks of the city of Zlin despite being architecturally different in appearance to other Bata functionalist architecture. It was built from 1909 to 1911, and was exceedingly simple for its time. Bata wanted to build a pleasant home for himself and his family, a place where he could relax while at the same time have a view of the factory from each of the main rooms.
