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The Berkeley Hotel

Boutique Hotel, Mixed-use, Bakery

Denver, Co 2021 : 30,000 sq ft Architect of Record, Interior Design, Bakery Tenant Design

Featured on Hotels ByDesign: Season 4, Episode 2

AIA Colorado Award of Merit 2022

Project Overview

The Berkeley Hotel is a 30,000 square-foot boutique hotel in Northwest Denver, featuring 17 luxury suites, a 3,100 square-foot bakery, and integrated parking. Located on a small-scale commercial main street within a primarily residential neighborhood, the design emphasizes connectivity to its urban context.

  • Urban Context & Neighborhood Integration

    Inserting a three-story, 17-suite boutique hotel onto a small commercial street surrounded by Northwest Denver's residential neighborhood. The core challenge was designing a structure that provided the necessary density and amenities (parking, retail) while integrating seamlessly, ensuring the building stands out without trying too hard. The design needed to embed hotel patrons into the local neighborhood's vibe.

  • Layered Connection & Material Authenticity

    Inventive Contextual Design: Connectivity was the central design theme. The solution featured multi-story wrapping porches, a modern take on New Orleans' French Quarter architecture, that draw patrons outside and promote interaction with the street level.

    Layered Façade and Rigor: The exterior incorporates a layered façade composed of unique brick screening and a concrete exoskeleton. This brick screening provides visual access to the streetscape while simultaneously offering required privacy and shading afternoon sunlight. The building's structure uses post-tensioned concrete slabs to minimize columns within the suites, while the exterior skeleton supports the brick screening. The exterior materials were selected to convey authenticity and a handmade quality complimentary to the neighborhood scale.

  • High-Value Asset & Community Draw

    The Berkeley Hotel successfully delivered 17 luxury hotel suites, a ground-floor bakery, and office space. Natural light permeates deep into the building plan via a two-story skylit atrium, around which the hotel suites and circulation corridors are organized. The project is now a highly-rated hospitality asset that contributes to the vibrant Tennyson Street corridor, proving that creative materiality and contextual response can drive market success.