Professional Watershaping
The ability to adapt to different project parameters and conditions can require patience and a balance between conformity and standing your ground. The project pictured here, explains Scott Cummings and Benjamin Lasseter, is as a perfect example of integrating a pool and landscape design with a challenging site and discerning project team members.
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Kevin Cobabe takes great pride in creating equipment sets that not only look clean, but reflect an artisan touch in function and appearance. That’s why on all of his projects he finishes with a flare by painting the equipment pad plumbing, a step that protects the pipes and gives the work a professional look.
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Every so often a project comes along that’s less about creating a backyard paradise and more about uncovering—and correcting—the sins of the past. That was certainly the case for George Frederick with a recent remodel in Winston-Salem, NC, where badly misguided original construction and a cosmetic rehab left a new homeowner with a failing pool.
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In the deep, lightless realms of the Pacific Ocean—where pressure crushes and sunlight never penetrates—scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery: dark oxygen. Unlike the oxygen we are familiar with, produced by plants and photosynthesis, dark oxygen forms without light, deep in the sediments of the ocean floor.
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Although completed in 2003 and outlandishly opulent, the story behind this project by designer/builder Mario Abaldo has never been told out of respect for the client’s privacy concerns. More than two decades later, he’s finally ready to share arguably his most magnificent work.
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In the high-stakes business of building custom outdoor living spaces that feature swimming pools and associated amenities, success is driven by creativity, craftsmanship, and client satisfaction. But behind the artistry and engineering lies a legal framework that contractors sometimes ignore at the risk of losing everything.
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Equipment-pad design often requires making the most of the available space, which in many situations is far too small. Kevin Cobabe faces tight confines in at least half of his projects, he says, which leads to the use of tables and shelves to fit in the needed equipment without compromising efficiency or serviceability.
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St. Lucia’s Jade Mountain is one of the world’s most unusual and luxurious resorts, a renowned masterwork in the organic architecture tradition opened since 2006. One of its unique finishing touches involved creating sculptural glass-tile spires atop the building, an artistic task David Knox enthusiastically embraced in the spirit of the place, and the man who created this entirely unique resort.
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Years in the making, the American Concrete Institute has published the definitive guide for shotcrete applications in swimming pool construction—a document aimed at unifying application practices and quality standards.
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Remembering Andrew A. Pansini