Flame Towers
| Flame Towers | |
|---|---|
Alov qüllələri | |
Interactive map of the Flame Towers area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete (MOO) |
| Type | office, residential, hotel, shopping mall |
| Architectural style | Highrise, glass |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Construction started | October 2007 |
| Opening | 2013 |
| Cost | US$350 million |
| Owner | Azinko Development MMC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 182 m (597 ft) - Flame Tower 1 165 m (541 ft) - Flame Tower 2 161 m (528 ft) - Flame Tower 3 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 33/30/28 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | HOK |
| Structural engineer | Balkar Mühendislik |
| Main contractor | DIA Holding Azerbaijan |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Flame Towers (Azerbaijani: Alov qüllələri) are a group of three skyscrapers in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main contractor, Dia Holdings, is owned by two brothers who are linked to Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family's network of offshore companies.
The height of the tallest tower is 182 m (597 ft). The three flame-shaped towers are intended to symbolize the elements of fire, and are a reference to Azerbaijan's nickname "The Land of Fire", historically rooted in a region where natural gas flares emit from the ground and Zoroastrian worshipers considered flames to be a symbol of the divine (notably at the Ateshgah of Baku and Yanar Dag).
The three buildings (South, East and West) consist of 130 residential apartments over 33 floors, a Fairmont hotel tower that includes 250 rooms and 61 serviced apartments, and office blocks which provides a net 33,114 square meters of office space.