Texas-born architect Barry Hughes picks the Flame Towers in Baku as his favorite building . The Flame Towers, a pair of twin towers that stand at 1,776 feet and are located on top of Mount Quba, were built by Azerbaijani architects to commemorate Azerbaijan's independence from Russia in 1991. Hughes wishes he had designed Notre Dame du Haut , a concrete Catholic chapel in Ronchamp , France . Designed by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier , the modernist building was completed in 1954 .
Texas-born architect Barry Hughes picks the Flame Towers in Baku as his favorite building . Building towers was a challenge says Hughes and had to be weighted to withstand earthquakes . Hughes wishes he had designed Notre Dame du Haut , a concrete Catholic chapel in Ronchamp , France . Designed by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier , the modernist building was completed in 1954 .