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THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
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| October 3, 2018 www.watershapes.com |
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FEATURE ARTICLE
A Champion’s Pool
The project started with a touch of mystery, saysChuck Baumann, but not knowing the name of the client up front was no barrier to defining the site’s potential — or to asking for an expanded budget that would take full advantage of breathtaking views of San Francisco and its bay. [more]
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FEATURE ARTICLE
Shared Vision
As his watershaping career has progressed,Dave Gartonhas learned the value of finding ways to help his clients fully express themselves. It makes business sense, he says, but it also leads to odd little challenges that have fostered the constant expansion of his technical capabilities. [more]
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WHAT IS IT?
His projects don’t often require them, reports Mike Farley, but as he writes in a brief introduction to a video on the subject, there are times when piers are an essential construction detail — one that requires expert guidance in finding the right response to local soil conditions. [more]
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ESSENTIAL
Completing projects of singular beauty for high-end clients is a passion for Arizona watershaperSteve Oliver, and those clients return the favor by granting him a tremendous level of creative freedom. That’s surely the situation with the watershape seen here, where he has sifted through a range of rich and contrasting elements to create a composition that’s as much a work of art as it is a pleasant place to go swimming.
This article, originally published inWaterShapesin October 2003, has been digitized for all readers. Clickhereto see the full text and enlarge the images to study them in detail.
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TRAVELOGUE
When Music Meets Water
Water that dances in time to music has become the key to success in fountain design in recent years — and for good reason, writeKen MartinandGerald Tester. As a prime example, you should seek out this tuneful watershape the next time you’re visiting the New York area. [more]
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 WATERSHAPES WORLD
Look Back, Move Forward
As WaterShapes’ 20th anniversary approaches, Jim McCloskeyrecalls a couple of key events and what they meant to the old magazine — then catches up by starting a discussion of recent transitions and what they’ll mean as the enterprise moves toward its bright future. [more]
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WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
Personal Precision Dept.: Parking practice results in a car getting a bath in a Maryland public pool.
Nobody was hurt, but the driver’s foot needs a talking-to.
Dreamy Vision Dept.:DavidHockney’s painting ‘Pool with Two Figures’ poised to smash auction records. [more]
It may well become the first-ever $80-million swimmin’ hole.
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WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
Back in October 2008,Brian Van Bowershared his thoughts on looking beyond the narrow boundaries of pools and spas to encompass the potential of the rest of the site — especially in one key area. [more]
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Paramount Offers Telescoping Water Effects
Paramount Pool & Spa Systems(Chandler, AZ) makes the Parascope, a telescoping waterfeature that rises when actuated and then drops down flush with the pool surface when it’s time to play or swim. The adjustable-height units feature three flow patterns (flower, bubbler and fountain) and may be installed on steps, benches, sun shelves or floors. For details, clickhere.
Greenscreen’s Plantable Mesh Columns
Greenscreen(Los Angeles, CA) manufactures Columns, a free-standing vertical section or a cover for an existing post. Part of the Elements line, the units come in standard or custom diameters for easy installation and in standard or custom lengths in two-inch increments up to 14 feet tall. Units can be stacked and combined with other Elements modules. For details, clickhereand scroll down.
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WPN UPDATE
Building for
Tomorrow
The WaterShapes Professional Networkis all about building a credible, unified web presence where numerous watershapers can convey uniformly formatted, readily compared information in an easily navigated consumer resource. doing so, WPNgives consumers initial access to the marketplace in an environment that guides them comfortably and confidently through the earliest stages of a significant purchase decision.
True, some homeowners and facility managers are lucky enough when they start looking for watershapers to have friends or colleagues who can refer them to suitable firms. But more often these consumers are on their own — and most start their hunt by searching on the Internet, where finding individual watershapers is a hit-and-miss process. WPNtakes frustration out of the quest by offering a common, neutral web resource filled with possibilities.
TheNetworkis working just the way we’d hoped: Time toclickaboard?
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