Absolute World
Absolute World Towers is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five-tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The project was built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group. With the first three towers completed (Absolute City Centre 1 and 2 and Absolute Vision), the last two towers (Absolute World 4 and 5) were topped off at 50 and 56 storeys. The complex's twin towers are nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe Towers" due to their sinuous shape and design.
| Absolute World Towers | |
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 Interactive map of the Absolute World Towers area | |
| Alternative names | The Marilyn Monroe Towers |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential condominiums |
| Location | 50–60 Absolute Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°35′42″N 79°38′02″W / 43.595°N 79.634°W |
| Completed | 2007–2012 |
| Owner | Fernbrook Homes Cityzen Development Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | Tower 1: 179.5 m (589 ft) Tower 2: 161.2 m (529 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Tower 1: 56 floors Tower 2: 50 floors |
| Floor area | Recreation Centre: 2,800 m2 (30,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | Tower 1: 6 Tower 2: 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Burka Architects MAD Studio |
| Developer | Fernbrook Homes Cityzen Development Group |
| Structural engineer | Sigmund Soudack & Associates |
| Main contractor | Dominus Construction Group |
| Website | |
| www.50absoluteworld.ca www.60absolute.ca | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] | |
Absolute World Towers is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five-tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.[8] The project was built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group. With the first three towers completed (Absolute City Centre 1 and 2 and Absolute Vision), the last two towers (Absolute World 4 and 5) were topped off at 50 and 56 storeys. The complex's twin towers are nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe Towers" due to their sinuous shape and design.[9]
Background
[edit]In 2004, an international design competition was held to select the architect for the fourth tower for Absolute World. Yansong Ma, founder of the MAD office, Beijing/China architectural design firm was announced the winner. Sales were to start in May 2007 with construction beginning later that year, and anticipated completion in 2009. Within days of the announcement, the taller building had been nicknamed the "Marilyn Monroe" tower due to its curvaceous, hourglass figure likened to actress Marilyn Monroe.[9] Burka Varacalli Architects, a Toronto firm, was hired as MAD's local partner in April 2007.[10]
On June 14, 2012, the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, a non-profit group of architects and engineers, reported that the towers were among the world's best new skyscrapers.[9] The building would also win the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2012.[11]
Design
[edit]The larger of the two towers twists 209 degrees from the base to the top, making it very similar to Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden.[12] The structural design was done by Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc, a Toronto-based structural engineering firm. The tower has six levels of underground parking.[13] The project managers were MAD, and Fernbrook.[14]
Gallery
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September 2006 -
June 2009 -
May 2010 -
Simplified plan and massing model of Tower 1 of Absolute World
In popular culture
[edit]In 2025, Absolute World was featured on the cover of Canadian musicians PartyNextDoor and Drake's collaborative studio album $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with the duo pictured in front of the complex's twin towers at night while donning fur coats.[15]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Absolute World 50". CVU Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Absolute World 56". CVU Skyscraper Center.
- ^ "Absolute City Centre". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
- ^ "Absolute World South". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ "Absolute World North". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Absolute World Tower 2 at Structurae
- ^ "Buildings in Canada". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Absolute Towers". Design Build Network.
- ^ a b c Katherine Dunn (14 June 2012). "'Marilyn Monroe' towers in Mississauga among world's best new skyscrapers". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Absolute Towers – The Marilyn Monroe Towers". Construction Review Online. Group Africa Publishing. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Emporis Skyscraper Award 2012". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Engineering the voluptuous". The Globe and Mail. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Glazing underway at Absolute World Tower Four condos in Mississauga, Ontario". Daily Commercial News. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
- ^ "ArchitectureWeek People and Places: MAD Architects in Mississauga, Ontario".
- ^ Bustard, Andy (February 13, 2025). "Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Reveal 'Some Sexy Songs 4 U' Tracklist". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on February 15, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Absolute Condos official website Archived 2016-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Skyscrapernews article on the building
- Absolute World images gallery[permanent dead link] at Urban Toronto