Boulder leaders want more than “stack of rectangles” in Hill hotel design

BOULDER — Boulder officials, during a concept plan review held at Tuesday’s Boulder City Council meeting, called on the developers of a planned hotel on University Hill to embrace creative design principles that complement the neighborhood’s funky college town vibes.

Councilman Mark Wallach said initial renderings make the project look like a “stack of rectangles” that’s “vaguely reminiscent of what we ended up with on 28th and Canyon [Boulevard] in terms of unimaginative architectural solutions.”

The hotel, versions of which have been in the planning stages for the past half-decade, would include 198 guest rooms and…