Project Profile

Owner:  Weidner Apartments

Area: 360,000sf heated square feet, 32 Buildings, 282 Luxury Dwelling Units

Program: Multi-Family Residential, Resort-style Clubhouse; Extensive Site Amenities, Aquatic Facilities;

La Bella Vita is a Tuscan village-inspired multifamily development, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The 282 apartment units are divided among two- three- and four-story buildings, which promotes the feel of a village community.  Warm colors, textured materials and lush landscaping convey the Tuscan theme.  A large outdoor plaza, anchored by a community clubhouse with exercise rooms, separate locker rooms and a spa facility is central to the development.

 What better use could there be for an architect’s skills than the design of a block of flats? To make a place where lives will be lived, loves lost and found, families raised, friendships made, plotlines developed for unwritten novels and screenplays, all within limitations of space that mean it actually requires some competence to stack up the units in better rather than worse ways – this surely is more worthwhile than to turn out another iconic museum or singular private house.