2012 Editions (July-December) Archives - Page 2 of 2

ESSENTIAL

Serious Whimsy

Developing watershapes and landscapes for residential clients can become an incredibly personal undertaking. The project featured here, for example, revolved around a client whose love of color and whimsy opened the door to landscape designer Colleen Holmes’ involvement in a lengthy, joint quest for vivid materials and playful detailing. The result: a setting that defies adequate description unless you look at it through the client’s own eyes.

This article, originally published in March 2006, has been digitized for all readers. Once you click ‘more’ on the next screen, you can zoom in on images to study the craftsmanship in detail. [continue]

FEATURE ARTICLE

Designs with Infinity in Mind

With all water-in-transit systems — vanishing edges, perimeter overflows or whatever other monikers are used to describe these great watershapes — it’s been Paolo Benedetti‘s experience that all participants need to know what’s involved, right from the start. [more]

VIDEO GALLERY

Finishing Touches

In the second of two videos on converting a swimming pool into a pond, Mike Gannon takes us on a guided tour of the completed facility, explaining the commercial nature of the space and highlighting a special educational function defined by the management. [more]

WATERSHAPES WORLD

Spirit of the Season

Since writing about the recent donation of a park’s worth of good cheer in Rochester, N.Y., Jim McCloskey has noted other incidences of aquatic generosity across the nation — and this time calls out a group effort in Houston that’s making summer spirits truly bright. [more]

TOPLESS IN SEATTLE:
FEMALE CANCER SURVIVOR FIGHTS CITY POOL’S SWIMSUIT DRESS CODE [more]

TRAVELOGUE

Inspiring – and That’s No Joke

The next time you visit the Central Coast of California, writes Jim McCloskey, stop for a while in the narrow canyon in the mountains above Santa Barbara where you’ll find Nojoqui Falls — a real treat for anyone interested in the structure and drama of waterfalls. [more]

WATERSHAPES CLASSIC

Controlling Elements

In July 2002, David Tisherman wrote energetically about the need for designers and builders to pay scrupulous attention to an oft-overlooked issue. Do you think he was on the mark? [more]

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Swimming Australia Cancels Pre-Olympics
Swim Meet Due to Outbreak of Illness

Many water-related stories have been in the news of late — including reports connected to the three questions below.

1. Swimming Australia canceled a pre-Olympics swim meet in the nation’s capital, Canberra, after two Olympic female water polo players were diagnosed with what illness?

a. Measles b. Mumps c. Whooping cough d. Shingles

2. A man in this Midwestern city allegedly entered the pool area of an apartment complex and shot two men with shotgun pellets. The suspect and the victims all left the scene — although one of the victims later showed up at a local hospital. Where did this incident take place?

a. Chicago b. Bloomington, Ind. c. Wichita, Kan. d. Dayton, Ohio

3. According to ottawacitizen.com, a late-model Dodge Calibre in Windsor, Ont., “hopped a curb, zipped across a narrow strip of lawn, crashed through a wooden fence and plunged into the deep end” of a nearby pool. Inside were a man and a woman; neither was injured in the crash. What were the two involved with at the time of the mishap?

a. Text messaging c. A driving lesson
b. Smoking dope d. You don’t want to know.

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