The Address Downtown Dubai

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The Address Downtown Dubai
فندق العنوان داون تاون
File:The Address Downtown Dubai Flickr.jpg
Looking up at the Address Downtown Dubai from the Dubai Fountain (2012)
Former names The Address Downtown Burj Dubai
General information
Status Closed: Damaged by fire
Type Hotel
Residential
Architectural style Art Deco
Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Construction started 2005
Completed 2008
Cost AED845 million
Height
Architectural 302.2 m (991 ft)
Top floor 228.3 m (749 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 63
Floor area 178,000 m2 (1,920,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect Atkins
Developer Emaar Properties
Structural engineer Atkins
Main contractor Besix
Arab Technical Construction
Other information
Number of rooms 626 rooms
196 units
References
[1][2][3][4][5]

The Address Downtown Dubai, (Arabic: فندق العنوان داون تاون‎‎) formerly The Address Downtown Burj Dubai, is a 63-story, 302.2 m (991 ft) supertall hotel and residential skyscraper in the Burj Dubai Development Area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was built by Emaar Properties Group.

Overview

The tower is the 19th tallest building in Dubai. It is a tall structure within the massive development named Downtown Dubai, which includes the centerpiece supertall building, the Burj Khalifa. The tower was topped out in April 2008, and was the sixth tallest building in Dubai at the time.[6] The AED845 million tower was completed in September 2008.[5]

The five-star hotel and residential compound features 196 rooms and 626 serviced apartments.[7]

2015 fire

Around 21:00 GST on December 31, 2015, a fire broke out on the 20th floor of the building.[8][9] The floor where the fire is thought to have begun hosts residential suites.[10] Strong winds caused it to quickly spread throughout the building, which was evacuated around 21:45. The nearby Dubai Mall was also evacuated as a precaution.[11]

Dubai's Media Office said the fire began on a 20th floor terrace.[12] Explosions of unknown origin[12] were heard as the fire spread to other parts of the building. Then, debris fell from the building and dark plumes of smoke were seen emanating from the skyscraper. Commenting on the speed with which the fire spread, Jonathan Gilliam, a CNN law-enforcement analyst, said, "This is looking absolutely horrific. This is spreading very rapidly."[13]

A representative of Dubai Civil Defence said four teams of firefighters had fought the blaze.[11] Once the fire was contained, the plan was to ensure that the fire did not spread by implementing cooling procedures, and search for any stranded individuals, according to Dubai Police Chief, Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina.[14]

According to the Dubai Media Office, 14 people were slightly injured and one was moderately injured.[15][16] One person had a heart attack during the evacuation.[16][17] The Times of India reported that a photographer, who asked not to be named, was setting up to photograph the Dubai fireworks when he became trapped on a balcony on the 48th floor of the hotel, 10 meters away from the blaze. He sent text messages alerting the authorities to his emergency, and he tied a rope around himself to a nearby window-cleaning platform and hung off a balcony before being rescued.[18]

Those who sustained smoke inhalation and minor injuries were treated by 20 doctors and 50 nurses from the Dubai Health Authority at the site, per Al Mazeina.[14] Director-General of Dubai Civil Defence, Major General Rashid Thani Rashid Al Matroushi, said that all of the hotel residents were evacuated, none of the injured were children,[14] and that fire "broke out only in the external interface and the majority of the fire did not make it to the inside."[15][lower-alpha 1] Several individuals at the site complained that neither the fire alarm nor the sprinkler system activated during the fire.[19]

It was reported that the hotel was likely to have been packed with guests due to its clear view of the New Year's fireworks display at Jumeirah Beach (including Burj Al Arab) and Burj Khalifa. The show still went on as planned; by midnight, authorities had deemed the fire to be 90 percent contained.[20] The following day, smoke continued to rise from the building.[21] The cause of the fire is currently unknown.[21] However, criticism was leveled towards the high amount of cladding—layers of material that are fixed to the outside of buildings for insulation—implemented into the building's design; it was reported that this cladding may have contributed to the fire's spread.[22]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Times of India reported that during 2015: "In November, a massive blaze engulfed three residential blocs in central Dubai and led to services on a metro line being suspended, although no one was hurt. In February, a huge fire gutted one of the emirate's tallest buildings, destroying luxury flats in the Torch tower and triggering an evacuation of nearby blocs in the Dubai Marina neighbourhood -- a district popular among expatriates."[16]

References

  1. ↑ The Address Downtown Dubai at CTBUH Skyscraper Database
  2. ↑ The Address Downtown Dubai at Emporis
  3. ↑ The Address Downtown Dubai at SkyscraperPage
  4. ↑ The Address Downtown Dubai at StructuraeLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  7. ↑ The Address Downtown Dubai
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