Spatial Emotions

Designing spaces for human use -- especially those of the recreational variety -- starts by understanding that the primary goal is to generate a positive emotional response, ...

Historically Gigantic Seaweed Blob Threatens Florida (but could it save the world?)

A mat of seaweed twice the size of the U.S. is headed toward Florida, raising the specter of dirty, stinky beaches and possible harm to coastal ecosystems. Record algal blooms are ...

Add Water, Live Better!

The towering importance of health and wellness is manifesting in the skyrocketing value of the global market. The short and long-term implications for the watershaping industry ...

Diamond Pools & Spas
Diamond Pools & Spas

Revitalizing a Lone Star Legacy

As office property owners and operators seek fresh ways to entice workers back to the workplace post-pandemic, a team of architects and designers have completed renovating an ...

P804: Plumbed Snorkel Detail

There’s much more to making a perimeter overflow detail work than meets the eye. What looks like a thin slot at the edge of the water surface conceals the gutter and required ...

Reflecting the High Life

Four years in the making, this Ohio project gave Jerry Hammerschmidt and his staff at High-Tech Pools an opportunity to execute at the highest possible level, both in terms of ...

Whimsy by Design

Creating water playgrounds that appeal to multiple generations is both a science and an art, explains “playologist” Shelley Robinson. Here she profiles an enduring ...

Chance Inventions

Toys that feature getting wet have a history of becoming iconic to the point it’s hard to imagine summer without squirt guns, water balloons or flotation devices. It may come ...

Pond professionals have a unique opportunity to put food on their clients' tables, writes James Rakocy. All it takes is opening up the design process to a discipline called 'aquaponics,' which puts fish to work in encouraging the growth of a range of water-loving edible plants.

Think Food

When I look at the average pond, I tend to perceive a range of missed opportunities. I come from the world of aquaponics, where I've spent my career figuring out ways to integrate ...

Forever Bamboo Offers Sealant Product Line

Forever Bamboo (San Diego, CA) makes a family of bamboo sealants and stains to protect and add color to bamboo structures including fences, poles, slates and borders, It can ...

Construction software from RB Retail and Service Solutions

RB Retail and Service Solutions (Monroeville, PA) now offers a fully integrated construction software solution that is designed specifically for pool and outdoor living builders. ...

Raypak Introduces the E3T Commercial Electric Pool Heater

Raypak (Oxnard, CA) has introduced the E3T 3-phase electric pool heater designed for commercial applications. The heater features a robust titanium heating element that not only ...