Ronchamp -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 the Notre Dame du Haut , a concrete Swiss chapel in Ronchamp , France . Hughes believes the inflection of humanity in Corbusier 's work is what makes him relevant today . Designed by Catholic -born architect Le Corbusier , the modernist building was completed in 1954 .
Ronchamp -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 the Notre Dame du Haut , a concrete Swiss chapel in Ronchamp , France . Designed by Catholic -born architect Le Corbusier , the modernist building was completed in 1954 .