The Marina Torch

The Marina Torch
The Marina Torch
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Location	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates	25°05′16.59″N 55°08′51.00″E / 25.0879417°N 55.1475000°E
Construction started	18 October 2005
Topped-out	10 April 2011
Completed	8 May 2011
Opened	8 June 2011
Height
Antenna spire	352 m (1,155 ft)
Top floor	300.1 m (985 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	86
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Khatib and Alami; National Engineering Bureau
Developer	Select Group
Main contractor	Dubai Civil Engineering

The Marina Torch, also known as Dubai Torch, Dubai Torch Tower,^[3] and The Torch,^[4] is a residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is 352 metres (1,155 ft) tall, with 86 floors above ground and 4 below,^[1] and was the tallest residential building in the world on its completion in 2011, surpassing Q1 in Gold Coast, Australia.

The building was damaged by fire on 21 February 2015, on 4 August 2017, while it was undergoing restorative work, and again on 5 January 2019.

As of 2022, it is the 11th-tallest building in Dubai and the ninth-tallest residential building in the world.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Torch - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
^ "The Torch, Dubai". Retrieved 25 September 2009.^{[dead link]}
^ "Fire Ravages One of the World's Tallest Apartment Towers". ABC News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "The Torch Tower". Retrieved 25 September 2009.

[skyscraperCenter-1] "The Torch - The Skyscraper Center". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.

[Emporis-2] "The Torch, Dubai". Retrieved 25 September 2009.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Fire Ravages One of the World's Tallest Apartment Towers". ABC News. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[TEN_Real_Estate-4] "The Torch Tower". Retrieved 25 September 2009.

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