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THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
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| January 25, 2017 www.watershapes.com |
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Working Out Front
There were some positives in the existing front yard, says Colleen Holmes. But the overall space needed lots of attention to turn the Koi pond and its bland, disjointed surroundings into a warmer, more effective transition from the public sphere to the family’s private retreat. [more]
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 WHAT IS IT?
#25: Water Wall
Water flowing down a wall brings a lot to the table as a source of visual and aural delight. But as Mike Farley discusses in introducing this video, there’s much more to these features than meets the eye, particularly if you want them to express their full and inspiring potential. [more]
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TRAVELOGUE
The Huntington Botanical Gardens are a must for any watershaper or landscape designer who visits Los Angeles. While you’re there, writes Jim McCloskey, you should make time to stroll through and enjoy the show- stopping magnificence of its Japanese garden. [more]
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ESSENTIAL
Up on Rocky Top
Even for a firm that specializes in massive natural-stone watershapes, this Pennsylvania project was one for the record books. Working for an enthusiastic client who demanded beauty and visual drama on a truly enormous scale, the staff at Glacier Inc. stepped well beyond the usual in renovating a 78-acre private lake while creating a long, cascading stone stream and waterfall — with a grotto thrown in for good measure.
This article, originally published in WaterShapes in February 2002, has been digitized for all readers. Click here to see the full text and enlarge the images to study them in detail.
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TECHNICAL BRIEFING
The Case of the Vanishing Stone
A company was hired to build a pool with a waterfall made up of natural stone. Only one problem: Every time the water flowed, writes Scott Cohen, rock material would slough off and fall into the pool — and underlined another crucial lesson every watershaper should learn. [more]
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WATERSHAPES WORLD
Collision Avoidance
At a time awash in unsettling news, Jim McCloskey was unusually happy to receive a bulletin indicating that the National Swimming Pool Foundation and the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals had called off their recently proposed merger. Oh, what sweet relief! [more]
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WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
More Winter Follies Dept.: Swim team wins a medley snow relay in what must be world-record time. [more]
But the fourth guy momentarily forgets he isn’t in a pool!
Even More Dept.: A gaggle of fun-loving ‘bros’ explore the ice shelf atop a frozen Roman fountain. [more]
Flocking in one place proved a not-so-great idea.
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WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
Delicate Dynamics
In 2002, David Tisherman shared his approach to turning monotonous spillways into unique visual and aural design elements. In doing so, he started something of a revolution that’s still flowing strong today. [more]
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Hayward Commercial Releases HCP 3000 Pumps
Hayward Commercial Pool (Elizabeth, NJ) has introduced the HCP 3000 Series of pumps to provide the power and efficiency needed by commercial pools. Equipped with three-inch unions to achieve flow rates of more than 250 gpm at 60 feet of head, the units include removable, over-sized strainer baskets, TEFC motors and chemical-resistant Vitron seals. For details, click here.
Pebble Technology Introduces Concrete Bowls
Pebble Technology (Scottsdale, AZ) has added concrete bowls to its product mix. Offered in five styles (fire only, planter only, fire with water, planter with water and water alone) in three shapes and three colors, the bowls are designed for reduced weight and great strength. Water models include copper spillways; fire models work with gas or propane. For details, click here.
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WPN UPDATE
Positioning Your
Business for 2017
These days, the Internet is the information resource of choice for those looking for goods and services. But it’s tough for an individual business to capture eyes amid the bewildering array of options facing consumers as they try to find ways to make water part of their home or working lives
That’s why we started the WaterShapes Professional Network — a place consumers are using to get basic information about pool. pond and fountain designers and builders before they start making direct phone calls to arrange for site visits and bids. It’s a new way of making initial contacts and getting in the game.
The Network is working just the way we’d hoped: Time to click aboard?
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