What It's Like to Stay at the First "Carbon Positive" Hotel in the Country

A change has come to downtown Denver. Amid the rows of faceless office buildings and business hotels, it's hard to miss Populus. The hotel, which opened in October 2024, is unusual with its curved windows of varying sizes, calling to mind the some of the famous structures of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona. 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 a short walk away from the Colorado State Capitol and Denver Art Museum, inside, Populus maintains . . .