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Flame Towers
Office, residential, hotel, shopping mall in Baku, Azerbaijan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flame Towers (Azerbaijani: Alov qüllələri) are a group of three skyscrapers in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main contractor, Dia Holdings, is owned by actors that are linked to Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family's network of offshore companies.[4]
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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[1] 165 m (541 ft) - Flame Tower 2[2] 161 m (528 ft) - Flame Tower 3[3] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 33/30/28 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | HOK |
Structural engineer | Balkar Mühendislik |
Main contractor | DIA Holding Azerbaijan |
Website | |
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The height of the tallest tower is 182 m (597 ft).[5] 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 consists of 250 rooms and 61 serviced apartments, and office blocks that provides a net 33,114 square meters of office space.[6]