Stella's Cucina

  • Location: Boulder, CO

    Completion Date: 2022

    Architect: MQ Architecture

    Client: Olnick Spanu

    Type: Hospitality

    Status: Built

    Photography: Miguel de Guzman

  • Originally conceived as a cannabis lounge, Stella’s Cucina sits in the core of a new commercial building facing Boulder’s Historic District. As the enterprise could not be seen from the exterior, the space does not establish relationships with the city; therefore, we envisioned the project as an inheritor of the Speakeasy underground scene of the American Prohibition era and we sought the opportunity to bring natural light through a central skylight. This idea of an old-fashioned, elegant, but concealed space, profoundly influenced the design of the project. Only an “S” indicates Stella’s entrance on Walnut Street, hidden behind a towering 12 feet aluminum door under a perforated metal canopy.

Previous
Previous

Gallina Athens

Next
Next

Urby Harrison