The Marina Torch
The Marina Torch, also known as Dubai Torch, Dubai Torch Tower, and The Torch, is a residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is tall, with 79 floors above ground, and became the tallest residential building in the world on its completion in 2011, surpassing Q1 in Gold Coast, Australia. It lost the record in 2012 to Dubai's Elite Residence. 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.
Q11303
skyscraper
Concept
Q1135647
Dubai Marina
LOC
Q612
Dubai
LOC
Q831691
floors
Concept
Q1128614
tallest residential building
UNK
Q125846
Q1
LOC
Q140075
Gold Coast
LOC
Q1330847
Elite Residence
LOC
Q1808317
The Marina Torch
LOC
2011-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2011
DATE
2012-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2012
DATE
2015-02-21T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
21 February 2015
DATE
2017-08-04T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
4 August 2017
DATE
2019-01-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
5 January 2019
DATE
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79
NUMBER
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
instance of
location
located in the administrative territorial entity
date of official opening
location
inception