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Hotel Indigo San Diego Gets a Cool Sheet of Glass

The Hotel Indigo San Diego is now set to open July 13 and while previously we touched on the hotel's green offerings, we didn't have any real photos of the place. But thankfully, now we do.

Here are some exterior shots of the hotel which feature a four-story glass sculpture titled “Indigo Waters” by local San Diego artist Lisa Schirmer. (That's what great about Hotel Indigo--they incorporate as much artwork from local artists as they can.) And lest you think this is just another pretty sculpture, there's actually some serious mathematics behind it. From the hotel:

The underpinning of the Hotel Indigo brand’s design and décor can be attributed to the Fibonacci sequence and the ratio known as the Golden Mean (or Phi). These math principles are found in nature and can be seen in the perfect proportion of the nautilus shell, which is represented in the Hotel Indigo brand logo. Adopting this mathematical ratio as a design principle helps create a feeling of balance and effortless beauty within the space.

“The idea behind the sculpture is to create a wavelike pattern of indigo colors by rotating and repeating square and quarter circle shapes on square glass panels,” said Schirmer. The glass panels are arranged vertically in a Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13) in seven layers on a curved outside wall of the hotel. As daylight shifts, the glass will create a dramatic mix of color and movement; tasteful back-lighting at night will create a new composition of colors.

Very cool. Also inside the hotel, local photographer Ian Cummings will have his photos of native plants and water-driven imagery on display in the guestrooms, the hotel lobby, the hotel's Phi Bar and Bistro and other public areas.

Room rates for Hotel Indigo San Diego will begin at $199 a night.

Another shot of the hotel's exterior and the sculpture is after the jump.