Absolute World

Absolute World 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.

Absolute World
Alternative names	The Marilyn Monroe Towers
General information
Type	Residential condominiums
Location	50–60 Absolute Avenue Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43.595°N 79.634°W / 43.595; -79.634
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
Architect(s)	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]

Background

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 (CTBUH), 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

Simplified plan and massing model of Tower 1 of Absolute World

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 following table lists the amount of rotation for each floor of Tower 1.^[14]

Floor	Rotation		Floor	Rotation		Floor	Rotation		Floor	Rotation
Ground	-10°		15	15°		29	74°		43	168°
2	-9°		16	18°		30	82°		44	171°
3	-8°		17	21°		31	90°		45	174°
4	-7°		18	24°		32	98°		46	177°
5	-6°		19	27°		33	106°		47	180°
6	-5°		20	30°		34	114°		48	183°
7	-4°		21	33°		35	122°		49	186°
8	-3°		22	36°		36	130°		50	189°
9	-2°		23	39°		37	138°		51	192°
10	0°		24	42°		38	146°		52	194°
11	3°		25	45°		39	154°		53	195°
12	6°		26	50°		40	159°		54	196°
13	9°		27	58°		41	162°		55	197°
14	12°		28	66°		42	165°		56	198°

Absolute World construction images

• 
  May 2010
• 
  June 2009
• 
  September 2006

Project managers

• MAD: Ma Yansong & Dang Qun
• Fernbrook: Anthony Pignetti, Sergio Vacilotto, Ivano DiPietro, Faruq Ahmad, Jordana Scola.^[15]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Mississauga
• List of twisted buildings

References

1. "Absolute World 50". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
2. "Absolute World 56". CTBUH Skyscraper Center.
3. "Absolute City Centre". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Absolute World South". SkyscraperPage.
5. "Absolute World North". SkyscraperPage.
6. Absolute World Tower 2 at Structurae
7. "Buildings in Canada". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
8. "Absolute Towers". Design Build Network.
9. Katherine Dunn (14 June 2012). "'Marilyn Monroe' towers in Mississauga among world's best new skyscrapers". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
10. "Absolute Towers – The Marilyn Monroe Towers". Construction Review Online. Group Africa Publishing. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
11. "Emporis Skyscraper Award 2012". Emporis. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
12. "Engineering the voluptuous". The Globe and Mail. 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
13. "Glazing underway at Absolute World Tower Four condos in Mississauga, Ontario". Daily Commercial News. 2010-01-20. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
14. Peruarki - The Absolute Towers / MAD Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
15. "ArchitectureWeek People and Places: MAD Architects in Mississauga, Ontario".

External links

• 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