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Outdoor Fountains from Ulrich Pakker
Ulrich Pakker Studios (Seattle, WA) makes Drunken Lotus fountains for commercial and residential applications. Featuring…
Public Pursuits
Among the best things about Philadelphia is its stock of public art - and that's not accidental:  For many years, all construction projects in specific neighborhoods reaching certain dollar thresholds have been required to include an accessible work of art within their footprints.  Whether it's a sculpture, a mural, a statue celebrating a Founding Father or a waterfeature, the city now boasts more than 1,000 of these art pieces, each one part of an outstanding cultural and historical landscape.   One of our recent projects fit within this program:  Located just across the way from Independence Hall, it's part of a
2018/4.2, April 18 — Rapid Results, Street-Level Beauty, Fountain Grandeur and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS April 18, 2018 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Avignon Fountains from Campania Int’l
Campania International (Pennsburg, PA) manufactures Avignon Fountain Kits, packages that include cast-stone fountain components as…
A Personal First
As I noted a couple weeks back, my to-do list of household projects has long included installation of a small fountain.   In the place I had always intended to put it, I figured that the watershape would be visible from the redwood deck where we do most of our warm-weather entertaining; from the stone deck where we
2016/5.2, May 18 — Basin Reborn, Perimeter Parameters, Fountain Fireworks and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS May 18, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Elegance Squared
Through the years, I've come across all sorts of clients with unique motivations and interesting available spaces.  My task in collaborating with each of them centers on carefully evaluating the situation, sorting through various sets of possibilities and, ultimately, delivering a design that hits the mark on all possible levels. This project, however, was a bit different from most:  The client had acquired
Finding the Artistry Amid the Art
The Getty Center is a true multimedia experience: imposing architecture, lots of people, incredible materials of construction, amazing views, diverse spaces, and rich and varied sounds. Designed by architect Richard Meier, the 750-acre campus is dominated by
Local Pride
Sometimes finding just what you need is as easy as looking in your own backyard. That’s what happened for Greg Whittaker of Whittaker Homes, one of Missouri’s largest home builders, when he began searching for the right partner to provide dramatic watershapes for New Town, an innovative community in St. Charles, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Situated on the site of what had been a farming community, New Town is intended to invoke and embody a comfortable lifestyle for the 21st Century.  Parklands filled with water were the key to Whittaker’s vision not just for aesthetic and thematic reasons, but also for stormwater management.   While visiting St. Louis’ Forest Park, a venerable civic treasure, Whittaker saw the
Fair Memories: Kerry Friedman’s and Mike Perkowski’s Platinum Standard Project
Watershaping advanced by leaps and bounds from 1999 through 2004 – a journey of artistry…