Cima del Mundo

2012/9.2, September 19 — Cima del Mundo, Pond Revisions, Dancing Water Wall and more
  SEPTEMBER 19,  2012 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL A Classic Crescendo   For the best part of…
A Classic Crescendo
‘Project of a lifetime” may not be enough to describe our work at Cima del Mundo.    [T]he hilltop home had experienced many changes since its original construction in 1925, including service as a makeshift monastery as well as a stretch of years in which the property was abandoned and allowed to go almost disastrously to seed.  In all its history, however, the estate has never been through as much by way of transformation as it has 
Right from the Start
Back in June 2000, WaterShapes publisher Jim McCloskey and I traveled to Montecito, Calif., to have a look at a project being installed by our friend Mark Holden.  Just the drive up the long private road from sea level to