Evoking the constellation whose name it shares, Vela—a restaurant and supper club new to Toronto’s King West neighborhood—dazzles guests with a curving, illuminated ceiling that unfurls above them throughout the 4,000-square-foot space designed by local firm PARTISANS. The starry-night effect serves as a guiding light from the entrance, up seven steps to reception, and into the open champagne lounge and dining room, where it dips and swirls before cascading down a wall as a glowing performance backdrop. “The clients were inspired by 1930s-era grand hotels and lobby bars,” says architect Jonathan Friedman. “And they asked for a unique space for hospitality and music.”