Absolute World
{{short description|Twin residential skyscraper complex in Mississauga, Ontario}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Absolute World
| image = Absolute Towers Mississauga. South-west view.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| alternate_names = The Marilyn Monroe Towers
| location = 50–60 Absolute Avenue
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43.595|-79.634|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| building_type = Residential condominiums
| roof = Tower 1: {{convert|179.5|m|abbr=on}}
Tower 2: {{convert|161.2|m|abbr=on}}
| floor_count = Tower 1: 56 floors
Tower 2: 50 floors
| elevator_count = Tower 1: 6
Tower 2: 6
| cost =
| completion_date = 2007–2012
| floor_area = Recreation Centre: {{convert|2800|m2|abbr=on}}
| architect = Burka Architects
MAD Studio
| structural_engineer = Sigmund Soudack & Associates
| main_contractor = Dominus Construction Group
| developer = Fernbrook Homes
Cityzen Development Group
| website = {{URL|www.50absoluteworld.ca}}
{{URL|www.60absolute.ca}}
| owner = Fernbrook Homes
Cityzen Development Group
| management =
| references = {{CTBUH|3918|Absolute World 50}}{{CTBUH|2939|Absolute World 56}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/complex/109819 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164348/https://www.emporis.com/complex/109819 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Absolute City Centre |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|47051|Absolute World South}}{{SkyscraperPage|49928|Absolute World North}}{{Structurae|20020422|Absolute World Tower 2}}{{cite web |title=Buildings in Canada |url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=3918 |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |access-date=23 March 2012 |archive-date=7 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085633/http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building.php?building_id=3918 |url-status=dead }}
}}
Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five-tower Absolute City Centre development in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|title=Absolute Towers|url=http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/absolutetowers/|publisher=Design Build Network}} 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.
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. Burka Varacalli Architects, a Toronto firm, was hired as MAD's local partner in April 2007.{{cite web | url = https://constructionreviewonline.com/projects/absolute-world-the-marilyn-monroe-towers/ | access-date = 7 January 2021 | title = Absolute Towers – The Marilyn Monroe Towers | date = 29 August 2014 | website = Construction Review Online | publisher = Group Africa Publishing}}
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.{{cite news | author=Katherine Dunn | title='Marilyn Monroe' towers in Mississauga among world's best new skyscrapers | url= https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/marilyn-monroe-towers-in-mississauga-among-world-s-best-new-skyscrapers/article_860d1121-ba10-5898-9b2f-40acd4b4f5c1.html | work=The Toronto Star | date=14 June 2012 | access-date=15 June 2012}} The building would also win the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2012.{{cite web |title=Emporis Skyscraper Award 2012 |url=https://www.emporis.com/awards/2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140441/http://www.emporis.com/awards/2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |publisher=Emporis |access-date=August 17, 2020}}
Design
File:Absolute World Tower 1 massing model.svg 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.{{cite web | title=Engineering the voluptuous |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/engineering-the-voluptuous/article1813438/ | work=The Globe and Mail | date=2010-11-25 |access-date=2011-06-07}} The structural design was done by Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc, a Toronto-based structural engineering firm. The tower has six levels of underground parking.{{cite web | title=Glazing underway at Absolute World Tower Four condos in Mississauga, Ontario | url=http://dcnonl.com/article/id37152 | work=Daily Commercial News | date=2010-01-20 | access-date=2011-02-15}}
The following table lists the amount of rotation for each floor of Tower 1.[http://www.peruarki.com/wp-content/uploads/importados/369/peruarki9.jpg Peruarki - The Absolute Towers / MAD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031539/http://www.peruarki.com/wp-content/uploads/importados/369/peruarki9.jpg |date=March 4, 2016 }}
| class="wikitable" style="border:none;" | ||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"|Floor | style="text-align:center;"|Rotation
| rowspan="15" style="border:none;"| ! style="text-align:center;"|Floor | style="text-align:center;"|Rotation
| rowspan="15" style="border:none;"| ! style="text-align:center;"|Floor | style="text-align:center;"|Rotation
| rowspan="15" style="border:none;"| ! style="text-align:center;"|Floor | style="text-align:center;"|Rotation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | Ground | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 10° | style="text-align:center;"|15 | style="text-align:center;"|15° | style="text-align:center;"|29 | style="text-align:center;"|74° | style="text-align:center;"|43 | style="text-align:center;"|168° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 9° | style="text-align:center;"|16 | style="text-align:center;"|18° | style="text-align:center;"|30 | style="text-align:center;"|82° | style="text-align:center;"|44 | style="text-align:center;"|171° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 8° | style="text-align:center;"|17 | style="text-align:center;"|21° | style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|90° | style="text-align:center;"|45 | style="text-align:center;"|174° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 7° | style="text-align:center;"|18 | style="text-align:center;"|24° | style="text-align:center;"|32 | style="text-align:center;"|98° | style="text-align:center;"|46 | style="text-align:center;"|177° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 6° | style="text-align:center;"|19 | style="text-align:center;"|27° | style="text-align:center;"|33 | style="text-align:center;"|106° | style="text-align:center;"|47 | style="text-align:center;"|180° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 5° | style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|30° | style="text-align:center;"|34 | style="text-align:center;"|114° | style="text-align:center;"|48 | style="text-align:center;"|183° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 4° | style="text-align:center;"|21 | style="text-align:center;"|33° | style="text-align:center;"|35 | style="text-align:center;"|122° | style="text-align:center;"|49 | style="text-align:center;"|186° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 3° | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"|36° | style="text-align:center;"|36 | style="text-align:center;"|130° | style="text-align:center;"|50 | style="text-align:center;"|189° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:center;" | ||||||
| 2° | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|39° | style="text-align:center;"|37 | style="text-align:center;"|138° | style="text-align:center;"|51 | style="text-align:center;"|192° | ||
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:center;"|0° | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|42° | style="text-align:center;"|38 | style="text-align:center;"|146° | style="text-align:center;"|52 | style="text-align:center;"|194° |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 | style="text-align:center;"|3° | style="text-align:center;"|25 | style="text-align:center;"|45° | style="text-align:center;"|39 | style="text-align:center;"|154° | style="text-align:center;"|53 | style="text-align:center;"|195° |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 | style="text-align:center;"|6° | style="text-align:center;"|26 | style="text-align:center;"|50° | style="text-align:center;"|40 | style="text-align:center;"|159° | style="text-align:center;"|54 | style="text-align:center;"|196° |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 | style="text-align:center;"|9° | style="text-align:center;"|27 | style="text-align:center;"|58° | style="text-align:center;"|41 | style="text-align:center;"|162° | style="text-align:center;"|55 | style="text-align:center;"|197° |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14 | style="text-align:center;"|12° | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|66° | style="text-align:center;"|42 | style="text-align:center;"|165° | style="text-align:center;"|56 | style="text-align:center;"|198° |
{{Gallery|width=260|height=170
|title=Absolute World construction images
|File:Absolute World May 2010.JPG|May 2010
|File:Absolute Condos - Construction - June 4th, 2009.jpg|June 2009
|File:AbsoluteTowers2006.jpg|September 2006}}
Project managers
- MAD: Ma Yansong & Dang Qun
- Fernbrook: Anthony Pignetti, Sergio Vacilotto, Ivano DiPietro, Faruq Ahmad, Jordana Scola.{{Cite web|url=http://archweekpeopleandplaces.blogspot.com/2012/12/mad-architects-in-mississauga-ontario.html|title = ArchitectureWeek People and Places: MAD Architects in Mississauga, Ontario}}
Impact
= As popular culture icon =
In 2025, Absolute World was prominently 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.{{Cite web |last=Bustard |first=Andy |date=February 13, 2025 |title=Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR Reveal 'Some Sexy Songs 4 U' Tracklist |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/drake-partynextdoor-some-sexy-songs-4-u-tracklist |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215010835/https://hiphopdx.com/news/drake-partynextdoor-some-sexy-songs-4-u-tracklist |archive-date=February 15, 2025 |access-date=February 16, 2025 |website=HipHopDX}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.absoluteworld.ca Absolute Condos official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811141425/http://www.absoluteworld.ca/ |date=2016-08-11 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061028214527/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=671 Skyscrapernews article on the building]
- [http://www.urbantoronto.ca/content.php?26-Absolute-World-%28MCC-Fernbrook-Cityzen-56-50s-MAD-%28Yansong-Ma%29%29 Absolute World images gallery]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Urban Toronto
{{Emporis Skyscraper Award}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Mississauga
Category:Twisted buildings and structures
Category:Residential skyscrapers in Ontario
Category:Residential buildings completed in 2012