Beyond Baroque
    When I first began organizing these “Travelogues” several months ago, my sincere intention was to focus on watershapes found within the United States.  Partly it was a gesture to the restricted travel budgets of modern times, but I also wanted to highlight the fact that 
Inside ‘Outdoor Rooms’
  Once I’ve worked my way through traffic-related issues of patio design (see “Defining the Flow” in the November 9 edition), I turn my attention to an array of other factors that influence the space, starting with 
Test Your Knowledge #20
  How Many Pools Fail to Make the  Grade in Healthy Pools Campaign? 
Elevating Your Game
    Back in the November/December 2001 issue of WaterShapes, David Tisherman wrote a manifesto urging pool-industry professionals as well as watershapers from related trades to elevate their games – especially with respect to matters of design and presentation.     ‘Here’s the unvarnished truth,’ 
Ripples #31
  Compiled and Written by Lenny Giteck   ‘90210’ Actress Shannen Doherty  Walks Over Water to Get Hitched 
Charting a New Course
    Almost from the day I decided to suspend publication of the printed version of WaterShapes, I had a vision of what was coming next.   Reaching all the way back to my earliest days with Pool & Spa News, I recall impassioned conversations about the pool industry’s perceived need to reach out to consumers.  Although studies were done, committees formed and advertising campaigns plotted and executed, there was never any 
WaterShapes TV, Part 3
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Checks and Balances
    Through the years, I’ve seen plentiful discussions of the fact that geotechnical (or soils) reports are required for proper watershape engineering.  And it’s not just about complex vanishing-edge or perimeter-overflow pools:  It’s about all swimming pools, spas, fountains and waterfeatures.  Let’s consider that case closed.   But who exactly should 
Defining the Flow
    At the same time I’m interviewing my clients about their patios and determining exactly what they want and how they plan to use them (see my article in the October 9 edition of WaterShapes EXTRA!), I’m already thinking about traffic flow.  As I see it, this constitutes one of the keys to 
Test Your Knowledge #19
U.S. Retailer Loses Pool Slide Case:  Mass. Jury Awards Man $20.6 Million