DUBAI | The Torch | 338m | 1109ft | 80 fl | U/C

[Stephan23]

NAME: THE TORCH
LOCATION: DUBAI MARINA
FLOORS: 84
HEIGHT: 345m
USE: RES
CONSTRUCTION START: 2006
CONSTRUCTION END: 2008


New render by NEB:-------------------------Old render by K&A



Model:



The Torch, also referred to as the Marina Torch and Dubai Torch, is being built as one of the many freehold residential towers located at the Dubai Marina, which is opposite to the Jumeirah Lake Towers and next to the American University of Dubai. It is located on the same side of the marina as the Dubai Marina Towers and just two buildings away.

The ~345 meter (1,132 feet) high building will have a total built up area of 111,832 square meters (1.2 million square feet) and be elevated by 3 basements and a 4-storey podium block. The Torch tower will have 74 storeys and contain 658 apartment units.

The three basements and four podium levels of the Torch tower will provide car parking for 536 vehicles, while floors 5 and 6 will contain recreational amenities including a swimming pool, health club, gymnasium, cafeteria, aerobic rooms and sit-out cover seal terraces.

Expected Completion Date - In 2008
Real Estate Developer - Dubai Select Property
Location - Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

[Stephan23]

Updates by Imre 04.08.2006

[3tmk]

It is a really good tower, however I hope it won't be a standalone, because it's the type of tower that needs a forest of smaller buildings around it, to really showcase its worth
Many tall thin towers are like this, even the great Chrysler building, if you put it in the middle of Nebraska, will look out of place.

Now, for the battle of old vs new, I prefer the new version of the tower

[Stephan23]

Originally Posted by 3tmk

It is a really good tower, however I hope it won't be a standalone, because it's the type of tower that needs a forest of smaller buildings around it, to really showcase its worth
Many tall thin towers are like this, even the great Chrysler building, if you put it in the middle of Nebraska, will look out of place.

Now, for the battle of old vs new, I prefer the new version of the tower

You know what BIG BLOCK is??

Towers around it are 207 to 420+ meters, more than 10 monsters!!

[Krazy]

it will definitely not stand alone.. it's a part of the "tallest block in the world" in Dubai Marina.. here's a render made for what the block will look like in a couple of years (the torch is hiding in the back)... keep in mind this is not it.. there are at least 3 towers not announced for this block that are not included in this render

[SpaceScraper]

Very nice. The value of the dock spaces is probably exploding as we speak.

[ida.zhan]

Originally Posted by Krazy

it will definitely not stand alone.. it's a part of the "tallest block in the world" in Dubai Marina.. here's a render made for what the block will look like in a couple of years (the torch is hiding in the back)... keep in mind this is not it.. there are at least 3 towers not announced for this block that are not included in this render

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i want to live there

[HT]

Oh noo, I liked the old design so much, this new one is soo standart for dubai .....

[CULWULLA]

ive seen adds for this in local sydney paper. units for 300K. love all dubais super talls.
thanks for updates

[ZZ-II]

the first city in which will be more than 2 300m+ towers next to each other.

[AltinD]

NO, it is the first city where a 412m tower isn't advertising sea views despite being just 100 meters from the sea shore.


... all this becouse just in front, is another 400+ m tower.

[ZZ-II]

Originally Posted by AltinD

NO, it is the first city where a 412m tower isn't advertising sea views despite being just 100 meters from the sea shore.


... all this becouse just in front, is another 400+ m tower.

yeah

[european]

Originally Posted by Stephan23

NAME: THE TORCH
LOCATION: DUBAI MARINA
FLOORS: 84
HEIGHT: 345m
USE: RES
CONSTRUCTION START: 2006
CONSTRUCTION END: 2008


New render by NEB:-------------------------Old render by K&A

I like the older desig, looks much more futuristic.

[zerokarma]

Originally Posted by european

I like the older desig, looks much more futuristic.

The old one looks like a gigantic missile or something, haha, I like the newer one I think, looks a little more classy.

[baqthier]

The older design had the Yokohama's tallest going on.

[european]

Originally Posted by baqthier

The older design had the Yokohama's tallest going on.

I was thinking exactally the same, i just couldnt remember the name of this tower.

[benchjade]

Originally Posted by baqthier

The older design had the Yokohama's tallest going on.

the old rendering really looks like the landmark, japan's tallest building.

[ZZ-II]

i Also think that the old render was much better

[colemonkee]

The newer design looks like a much simpler (re: cheaper) design to build. I'm starting to see this in many of the redesigns of these taller towers in Dubai. I think they're redesigning the towers to simplify them and make them cheaper to build, perhaps to boost profits or to adjust for rising construction costs.

[dubaiflo]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

I think they're redesigning the towers to simplify them and make them cheaper to build, perhaps to boost profits or to adjust for rising construction costs.

Definetly true. there is no doubt about this.