The hotel’s name, Populus, comes from the scientific name for quaking aspen: Populus tremuloides. The outside of the triangular building evokes the bark of an aspen tree, with the inset windows ...

In fact, its namesake is the scientific term for aspens, Populus tremuloides. Esquire’s Jeff Gordinier gushed about the aesthetic, from the exterior with its arched windows designed to deter ...

The shape of the window is apparently "informed by studying the characteristic patterns found on Aspen trees (Populus tremuloides)," according to Studio Gang. The firm adds: "As the trees grow ...

Designed by the Studio Gang architecture firm, the building was inspired by Colorado's native Populus Tremuloides tree, also known as the quaking aspen. And despite being located in an urban area ...

The hotel takes its name from Populus Tremuloides, or the aspen tree, whose eye-shaped markings also inspire the structure’s distinctive façade. The hotel’s eye-like windows change in size across the ...

Populus, located in downtown Denver, aims to become the country's first carbon-positive hotel. Sustainability is a buzzword in many industries, including hospitality. While carbon neutrality is ...

3. The design (and name) was inspired by aspen trees. “We saw a parallel between the way aspens (Populus tremuloides) work together as organisms, growing in colonies that can last generations, and how ...