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Facts
Official Name Absolute World Building E
Complex Name Absolute World
Former / Other Names Marilyn Monroe Tower 2
Absolute World Tower 2, Absolute World North, Absolute World 50
Type building
Status Completed
Country Canada
Province Ontario
City Mississauga
Street Address / Map 50 Absolute Avenue
Building Function residential
Structural Material concrete
Proposed 2006
Start of Construction 2007
Completion 2012
National Ranking #48 tallest in Canada
City Ranking #2 tallest in Mississauga
Official Website Absolute World
Figures
Height: Architectural 157.9 meter / 518 feet
Height: To Tip 157.9 meter / 518 feet
Floors Above Ground 50
Floors Below Ground 6
# of Elevators 6
Top Elevator Speed 3.6 m/s
Tower GFA 35,380 m² / 380,827 ft²
Development GFA 85,000 m² / 914,932 ft²
# of Apartments 453
# of Parking Spaces 954
Companies Involved
Owners Fernbrook Homes;
Cityzen Development Group
Developers Cityzen Development Group;
Fernbrook Homes
Design Architect MAD
Associate Architect Burka Architects
Structural Engineer Sigmund Soudack & Associates Inc.
MEP Engineer Stantec
Project Manager MAD
Main Contractor Dominus Construction Group
CTBUH Awards
2012 Best Tall Building Americas Winner
CTBUH 11th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Videos
Best Tall Building Americas: Absolute World Towers
2012 Awards Ceremony
New Form of Tower From Competition to Implementation
S.Crignano (Cityzen Development Corporation), CTBUH Chicago Conference
Out of the Box in China and Toronto
Y.Ma (MAD Design), Y.Hayano (MAD Design), CTBUH Chicago Conference

Technical Papers
Case Study: Absolute World Towers, Mississauga
Bas Lagendijk (MAD Architects), Anthony Pignetti (Dominus Construction Group), Sergio Vacilotto (Dominus Construction Group), CTBUH Journal

Other CTBUH Links
Absolute World Towers, Mississauga
CTBUH Featured Tall Building, 2013

News Articles
Learn More About the Marilyn Monroe Towers
CNN, 2012-09
In Toronto Suburb, Putting Curvaceous Into Condominiums
The New York Times, 2011-07
Construction reaches the top floors on Absolute World Tower Four condos in Mississauga, Ontario
Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2011-05
Peri climbs Canada's curves
Access International, 2011-01
Toronto's Absolute Towers - Under Construction
Design Boom, 2010-06
The Absolute Towers
arcspace.com, 2009-02