Flame Towers Baku Buildings
Major Architectural Development in Azerbaijan Buildings design by HOK International
post updated 6 September 2026
Design: HOK International, Architects
Inspired by Azerbaijan’s long history with fire worshipping.
The three Flame Towers have separate uses: residential, hotel and office.
image from architecture office
May 2012
Flame Towers Baku
Located on the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, the site is situated on a hill overlooking Baku Bay, the old city center and the park.
The site area for the Flame Towers is approx 28,000 m2. The total construction built up area of the project is 234,500 m2.
Flame Towers Baku Film on YouTube
This is a residential complex with a roof height of 190 m (620 ft) in Baku, Azerbaijan. The estimated cost of the project is US$350 million. When completed, the structure will be one of the tallest buildings in Baku. Construction began in 2007, with completion in 2012.
Baku Flame Towers Azerbaijan – Fire Building Project Photos
photo : Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The facades of the three Flame Towers are turned into gigantic display screens with the use of more than 10,000 high-power LED luminaires, supplied by the Osram subsidiary Traxon Technologies.
Panorama of Baku Flame Towers at night:
photo : AlixSaz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Flame Towers Baku, Azerbaijan – Building Information
- Construction start: Oct 2007
- Estimated completion: 2012
- Opening: Apr 2012
- Cost: 350 million USD
- Owner: Azinko Development MMC
- Main Contractor: DIA Holding Azerbaijan
- Architect: HOK International
- Structural Engineer: Balkar Mühendislik
- Tower 1 (residential): 39 floors / 235 m high
- Tower 3 (hotel): 37 floors / 220 m high
- Tower 3 (office): 34 floors / 208 m high
- The Podium (shopping and leisure space): 78 m high
Baku Flame Towers film on YouTube
Design : HOK Architects
Flame Towers Baku images / information from HOK International 260512
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan, western Asia
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