The Czech town of Zlin was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city – we put our best foot forward to explore his functionalist masterpiece.
The Czech town of Zlín was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city. We put our best foot forward to explore his functionalist masterpiece.
Stefan Oláh is an Austrian photographer who lives in Vienna. He specialises in architectural photography and works with IG Architekturfotografie Schweiz. For monocle,
Oláh has shot the likes of an Oscar Niemeyer modernist…
Few have strong opinions about ‘street furniture’ – the chairs, bins and bike-parking facilities that are tucked into our urban environment – yet its design has a profound effect on how we perceive our surroundings. We meet…