62M Condominium

[1][2][3] Named after its street address, 62 MacDonald Avenue,[4] the three-storey, circular structure sits on 12-metre (39 ft) high concrete columns and hovers next to the Disraeli Freeway at the edge of downtown Winnipeg and the Red River.

[7] Due to the building's circular shape that rise over the city skyline, the development has been unofficially nicknamed the "UFO" and the "flying saucer" by locals.

[2][4][6][8] Located on the edge of downtown Winnipeg and the Red River, the building is situated between the Disraeli Freeway and the back of neighbouring properties.

Quoting the architect, "This leads to an innate frugality of our interventions, shaving off the excess in order to create projects that do not depend on extraneous or decorative elements.

[8] The first step to address the site location was by elevating the building to provide daylight access and a better view of the city.

[8] However, to make this work, it needed to be discussed with traders and contractors involved in the project to give a green light into building it.

[11] The building has 40 identical trapezoid units and a glass penthouse on top of the structural core, each unit starts at approximately 10 feet wide around the entrance (located adjacent to the structural core) and 20 feet wide towards the exterior featuring 6 meter tall windows.