Canadian Marilyn Monroe
Mississauga is a sixth largest city in Canada located in Southern Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. Mississauga has one of the largest corporate/ financial districts in Canada with major international companies having their Canadian headquarters located in the region including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, PepsiCo, General Electric, Siemens, Fujitsu and Wal-Mart Canada among many other Fortune 500 companies.
The histor y of creation The Absolute Project has been subject to a two stage International Design Idea Competition in 2005. On November 28, 2006, during the 24th annual Mississauga Urban Design Awards ceremony, Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion announced that an international design competition was going to be held for the building of the fourth tower for Absolute World that would be the landmark tower of the city. Over six hundred registrants and ninety-two submissions from architects in seventy countries took part in this competition.
The competition was awarded to Yansong Ma Architects of Beijing whose idea then was implemented by Burka Architects Inc. Burka Architects then developed a marketable condominium project and associated functions. Burka Architects also prepared construction drawings and provided supervision of construction. The design was so admired that the studio was commissioned to design a sister building, Absolute World 2, next door. Absolute World is a residential condominium twin tower skyscraper complex in the five tower Absolute City Centre.
The three older towers are complementary, but less curvaceous. The first Absolute apartment block features 850ft? two-bedroom apartments while the second, A?, has 850ft? to 1,260ft? two-bedroom apartments, mostly with balconies. Building three, the Club Tower, ranges from 765ft? two-bedroom apartments with an additional 60ft? balcony to 1,250ft? three-bedroom-plus-den penthouses with an additional 92ft? of balcony. The construction of Absolute World 1 and 2 (4th and 5th tower complex) began in 2007.
The winner company MAD Architects invited a local partner Burka Varacalli Architects for the implementation of idea. At the moment, construction works are fully completed, their interior finishing is made of 95%, and 90% of premises already have their owners. Absolute World 1 offers five different floor plans for two-bedroom apartments – 755ft? to 1,030ft? in size, all with large 155ft? to 280ft? balconies. There will be six levels of underground parking.
The project is being built by Fernbrook Homes and Cityzen Development Group. With the first three towers completed (Absolute City Centre 1 & 2, and Absolute Vision), the last two towers (Absolute World 4 & 5) are currently under construction. Standing at 50 and 56 storeys, these two skyscrapers are the tallest of any built in a North American suburban city.
Absolute World Towers (The
Marilyn Monroe Towers)
Status: Under construction
Type: Residential condominiums
Location: 50-60 Absolute Avenue, Mississauga, Ontario
Height Roof:
Tower 1: 179.5 m (589 ft)
Tower 2: 161.2 m (529 ft)[2]
Floor count:
Tower 1: 56 floors
Tower 2: 50 floors
Floor area Recreation Centre: 2,800m2 (30,000 sq ft)
Architect: Burka Architects MAD Studio
Developer:Fernbrook Homes & Cityzen Development Group
Structural engineer: Sigmund Soudack & Associates
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Text ATTILA BURKA, Burka Varacalli Architects, YURY GELMAN, SIGMUND SOUDACK, Sigmund Soudack & Associates