unitywindow-managerxmonad
I used to run Xmonad with Unity 2D which I really love, but since Ubuntu 12.10 the Unity 2D is no more.
Are there any other tiling window managers that runs well with Unity (3D)?
EDIT:
I fell back to use Gnome panel and Xmonad. The pre-configured gnome-panel isn't as bad as it was a few releases ago. Although I still miss the global menu bar.
ctrl + alt 5 seems to be your best bet as of right now. Sorry. Perhaps to remove temptation you could remove the maximize button in Ubuntu-Tweak but as of right now if you maximize the window, it simply will merge the titlebar with the menubar
I'm not sure if it can do what you are asking but compizconfig-settings-manager can do many tricks and you might find an answer there.
By choosing Place Windows in Windows Management you are able to individually define a fixed location for windows:
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It's not exactly what you wanted, but there is support for some tiling-like features in Compiz:
Ctrl+Alt+1 on the number pad will put a window onto the bottom-left corner, and the rest of the numbers will put windows to other corners.
Ctrl+Winkey+Left will put the window on the left side of the screen, and Ctrl+Winkey+Right will put it on the right.
I hope that'll be of some use to you.