The Baku Tram
From the 1889 horse tram to the rails lifted in 2004 — the story of a network that vanished.
tramvay.tut.az
Place
Flame Towers
Three towers whose facades turn into an LED screen at night — the postcard of modern Baku.
Go to the site
flame-towers.tut.az
A separate third-level domain with its own design
in progress The site is in progress. The domain is reserved; design and texts are under way.
How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
In brief
The Flame Towers stand on the upper terrace of the city near the Alley of Martyrs and are visible from almost anywhere in Baku. The tallest reaches about 190 metres.
The facades are covered with thousands of LEDs: in the evening flames burn across them, a flag unfurls, waves run. The complex was completed in 2012.
On the site
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01
The project
Idea, architecture, construction stages
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02
Light
How the LED facade works
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03
Panorama
The best vantage points
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04
Skyline
How Baku's skyline changed
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