Flame Towers of Baku

Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan is the city which units East and West cultures in itself. If you walk in city you can observe mix of Islamic world and modern European culture. Ancient modern and postmodern buildings are built in Baku during its existence.

One of these buildings is the complex of Flame Towers. The complex with three buildings is the biggest in country. Construction of Flame Towers started in 2007 and continued till 2012. The buildings consist of apartments, office blocks and a hotel.

The facades of the three Flame Towers functuion as large display screen with more than ten thousand LED luminaires.

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