Absolute World consists of 5 towers with the first three towers completed (Absolute City Centre 1 & 2 and Absolute Vision), the last two towers (Absolute World 4 & 5) were topped off at 50 and 56 storeys.
The two iconic towers at 50 and 56 Absolute Ave, Mississauga have also been labeled the Marilyn Monroe tower's due to their hour glass shape.
The towers are the result of an International Design Contest to build a unique building in Mississauga. Over six hundred registrants and ninety-two submissions from architects in seventy countries took part in this competition. On January 30, 2007, an announcement was made at Atrium at BCE Place in downtown Toronto at 12:00 PM informing the public who the six finalists were along with seven honorary mentions.
Submissions were judged by a panel which included architects, civic leaders and the development team members. Those on the jury included:
Larry Beasley, co-director of Planning, City of Vancouver
Colin Fournier, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Bartlett School of Architecture, London
Sol Wassermuhl, president Page + Steele Architects, Toronto
Claude LaCombe, EI Richmond Architects, Toronto
Michael Spaziani, MSAi, Toronto
Danny Salvatore, president, Fernbrook Homes
Sam Crignano and Paulo Stellato of Cityzen Development Group, and
Ed Sajecki, Commissioner of Planning and Building, City of Mississauga.
On January 30, 2007, the six finalists announced included:
Nicholas Boyarsky, Boyarsky Murphy Architects, United Kingdom
Michel Rojkind, rojkind arquitectos, Mexico
Roland Rom Colthoff, Quadrangle Architects Limited, Canada
Sebastian Messer, Studio MWM, United Kingdom
Yansong Ma, MAD office, China
Tarek El-Khatib, Zeidler Partnership Architects, Canada
Each of the finalists were given an honorarium to defray the costs of preparing the final submission design for a tower that would be taller than 50 stories and the tallest building in Mississauga when completed.
Yansong Ma from MAD office, China won the competition.
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