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The Marilyn Monroe Building

By Alex in Everything Else on Dec 17, 2006 at 1:02 am


Yansong Ma of the Beijing-based architecture firm MAD created this stunningly curvaceous building for the a new 50-storey condo in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Everyone’s heard of the Bilbao Effect, but what about the Mississauga Effect?

Don’t laugh, it could happen; especially now that the winner of that city’s first-ever international condo design competition has been revealed. Selected from 92 submissions from 70 countries, the chosen entry is a stunning and sensuous 50-storey tower that dips and curves in all the right places.

Already it has been nicknamed Marilyn Monroe.

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  1. Jacob
    Dec 17th, 2006 at 2:01 am

    Mississauga is a soulless sprawl, and its only identity is a distinct lack of identity. If there is such a thing as a "Mississauga Effect", you had better hope it steers clear of your area.

  2. Sahan
    Dec 17th, 2006 at 3:43 am

    Hey! Don't say that, I live there.

  3. dan
    Dec 17th, 2006 at 11:53 am

    I also live there, as do many soulful people, you might even say it's a soul town.

  4. ted
    Dec 17th, 2006 at 5:57 pm

    What the hell's the Bilbao effect that everybody's heard of?

  5. CMYK
    Dec 18th, 2006 at 8:55 am

    The Bilbao effect:

    http://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20020611bilbao0611p4.asp
    http://www.startribune.com/645/v-print/story/47951.html
    http://flickr.com/search/?q=bilbao&m=tags

  6. Mike
    Dec 18th, 2006 at 9:53 am

    Did you know they're going to build a second tower next to the 'Monroe' building?

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060722.MARILYN22/TP Story/TPEntertainment/Ontario/

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