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  Project Title

  Stella's Cucina Restaurant

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  MQ Architecture

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Miguel Quismondo, Juan Carlos Bragado

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, INTERIOR DESIGN, Hospitality / Restaurants / Bars / Venues

• Project Location
  Boulder, United States
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  February, 2022
• Photographer credit
  Magen Subliminal, Miguel Quismondo


• Interior Design Firm
• Interior Design Firm / Studio
  MQ Architecture
• Lead Interior Designer(s)
  Miguel Quismondo, Juan Carlos Bragado

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.