Baku Flame Towers - Geometrisch komplexe Fassaden- und Tragwerksplanung

Baku Flame Towers - Geometrically complex façade design and structural planning.

The Baku Flame Towers Project is a recently completed three-tower mixed use development in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The shapes of the three towers refer to the flames of a fire, which has high importance in that country due to the huge amount of existing oil wells. The present article deals with the special challenges of façade and special structures engineering of this geometrically complex project. Only the close collaboration between the design specialists made a successful project for all participants possible.