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General Information

Beginning of works: 2010
Completion: 2012
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Apartment building

Awards and Distinctions

2012 award winner  

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 43° 35' 40.08" N    79° 38' 6.36" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

height 167 m
number of floors (above ground) 56

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Absolute World 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.

Background

In 1994, 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. Burka Varacalli Architects, a Toronto firm, was hired as MAD's local partner in April 2007.

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.

Design

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. The structural design was done by Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc, a Toronto-based structural engineering firm. The tower has six levels of underground parking.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Absolute World" and modified on May 5, 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20032440
  • Published on:
    24/10/2007
  • Last updated on:
    05/05/2020
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