fire bowls
The visual grace and simplicity of this deceptively nuanced project betray the slew of design details and careful planning required to pull it off. As David Tisherman explains here, the rooftop Los Angeles pool offered a unique opportunity to apply elevated design principles and technical discipline in a dreamlike, yet challenging, setting.
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Solus Décor (New Westminster, BC) makes its longstanding Hemi Fire Bowls in three sizes and in a classic hemispherical design. The pits feature ‘cross-jet’ gas burners rated at 60,000 to 108,000 btus, using natural gas or liquid propane with manual or electronic start options. The Hemi 26, 36 and 48 models are fully certified CSA, ANSI, and CE. Learn more here.
Grand Effects (Irvine, CA) supplies illuminated stone bases for use with its lines of fire…
This article concludes a little series I've been doing that feature bowls in association with my pool and spa designs. The first two were about water bowls in very different applications. This one is about fire bowls and, in greater detail, about materials you can put in them to cover the burners, disperse the flames and make them look good even when
Pebble Technology (Scottsdale, AZ) now makes water/fire bowls to bring the soothing sound of moving…
In my experience, watershapers have a tendency to focus a bit too narrowly on one or another aspect of the craft - some on pools and spas, others on ponds or fountains. You get the idea: In speaking with clients, there's an inclination to play to one's strongest cards - and I think that can be
