The Address Downtown Dubai
The Address Downtown Dubai فندق العنوان داون تاون |
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The Address Downtown Dubai on December 27, 2015, four days before the major fire | |
Basic data | |
Place: | Dubai , United Arab Emirates |
Construction time : | 2005-2008 |
Status : | Built |
Architectural style : | Postmodern |
Architect : | Atkins |
Use / legal | |
Usage : | Hotel, apartments |
Room : | 822 |
Owner : | Emaar Properties |
Technical specifications | |
Height : | 306 m |
Height to the top: | 306 m |
Rank (height) : | 22nd place (Dubai) |
Floors : | 63 |
Building material : | Structure: reinforced concrete ; Facade: glass , aluminum |
The The Address Downtown Dubai ( in Arabic فندق العنوان داون تاون; formerly The Address Downtown Burj Dubai and Burj Dubai Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments ) is a skyscraper in Dubai .
The building is 306 meters high and has 63 floors. The lower 12 floors are used as a 5-star hotel with 196 rooms. Above this there are 626 serviced apartments and a bar on the 63rd floor. The building is located in the Downtown Dubai district .
Major fire at the turn of the year 2015/2016
On December 31, 2015, a few hours before the planned New Year's Eve celebration, a major fire broke out between the 14th and 15th floors of the building. A guest from the 18th floor reported the smell of burning and smoke to the reception, the evacuation of the building was completed at around 9:45 p.m. The neighboring Dubai Mall was also evacuated for security reasons.
When the fire broke out, the hotel was fully booked. 14 people were injured, 16 people suffered smoke inhalation, and one person suffered a smoke-induced heart attack.
After a few hours, the fire was extinguished on January 1, 2016. A short circuit in the cable of a dimmed lamp in the facade lighting was found to be the cause of the fire. The facade panels made of insulating material placed between aluminum had a fire-promoting effect . The fire spread over at least 20 of the 63 floors.
The journalist Paule Knete, who was an eyewitness to the fire, criticized the reporting by CNN and some German media as unprofessional and described it as "disinformation".
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Dubai
- List of tallest buildings in the Middle East
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- Major fire in Grenfell Tower in 2017, in which the aluminum sandwich facade insulation probably played a decisive role.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fire breaks out in The Address Downtown Dubai. In: The National . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Fire at downtown Dubai's highrise address hotel. In: CNN . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Blaze engulfs Dubai skyscraper near world's tallest building. In: Reuters . Accessed December 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Survivors of Dubai fire describe 'pandemonium' as luxury hotel goes up in flames. In: Daily Star . January 1, 2016, accessed January 1, 2016 .
- ↑ m.thenational.ae ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dark side of the fire - how German media burn their fingers. In: handelsblatt.com. January 3, 2016, accessed January 5, 2016 .
Coordinates: 25 ° 11 ′ 38 " N , 55 ° 16 ′ 45" E