ZSTUDIO – our Zlín headquarters

Our headquarters are located in the factory premises of the Baťa company that became famous thanks to its economic success in the shoe industry and its excellent urban concept and its revolutionary architectural designs. The French architect, Le Corbusier, who visited Zlín in 1935 was taken by the town architecture and the urban solution.

The building where the Z STUDIO premises are located, originates from around 1924-25. It was the first factory building with a completely reinforced concrete skeleton construction, measuring 80 x 20 meters with square pillars. The annex building holds the stairway, the lift and the sanitary facilities and is adjacent to the building. Another significant and innovative sign of the functionalistic developments is the exposed and at first sight, visibly reinforced concrete skeleton filled with brick window sills, the large windows and the flat roofs – in those days, a commonly used technology and economical construction method applied to both industrial developments and the construction of family houses.