Tomas Bata Memorial, Memorial building in Zlín, Czech Republic

The Tomas Bata Memorial is a three-story structure with extensive glass walls and an open transparent interior organized by rhythmic supporting columns. The spaces are filled with natural light that floods in through the glazing.

The building was completed in 1933, just over a year after Bata died in an aircraft accident. Architect František Lydie Gahura designed it as a memorial to one of the era's most influential industrialists.

The memorial's name and form refer to Tomáš Baťa, who died in 1932 in a Junkers F 13 crash shortly after takeoff from Otrokovice. Since 2019 the building has been open year-round through guided tours, and a monumental replica of that aircraft now hangs inside the glass prism.

The memorial reopened in 2018 after a renovation led by architect Petr Všetečka, and since 2019 it can be visited year-round only on guided tours. The interior is reached by a staircase shaped like the letter Z.

The interior holds a monumental replica of the Junkers F 13 aircraft in which Tomáš Baťa died in 1932 shortly after takeoff from nearby Otrokovice. The replica was funded by the City of Zlín, the Baťa family, the town of Möhlin and donors approached by the Tomáš Baťa Foundation. A staircase shaped like the letter Z is another interior element.