fountain design

Racing to the Finish Line
For most residents of southeastern Canada, the winter of 2013/2014 was memorable for off-the-hook low temperatures, plenty of snow and lots of discomfort.  For me and my crew, however, what we'll recall most is how hard we worked right through the teeth of the inclement weather to make a huge project deliverable by its May 2014 deadline. As was reported in the first article of this
#24: Rain Curtain
This is one of those cases where, from a design perspective, I said just about everything I wanted to say about rain-curtain effects in the video linked below. They look great, they sound even better and my clients love them.  So what else is there to consider?  Well,
2016/7.1, July 13 — Inspired Pondcraft, Rain Curtains, Racing the Clock and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS July 13, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
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
2016/6.1, June 8 — Moving-Water Dynamics, Pond Detour, Indoor Pool Air and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS June 8, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Vita Nova Publishes Pool Mosaic Catalog
Vita Nova Luxury Mosaic (Pacoima, CA) has published a digital catalog on the 20-year-old firm’s…
Focus Industries Offers Underwater LED Lights
Focus Industries (Lake Forest, CA) has introduced the SL-11-LEDM series of underwater lights. Made with…
Concrete Protector Offers Graniflex Resurfacing System
The Concrete Protector (Wapakoneta, OH) produces the Graniflex concrete resurfacing system. The decorative, high-strength material…
Imagination Renewed
When the management at Longwood Gardens announced in late 2014 that the Main Fountain Garden would be taken offline and become the subject of a $90 million restoration project, anyone who has ever visited the gardens had to be happy. I've been a regular visitor and huge fan of the Longwood for most of my life, and it's been sad through the years to watch various systems break down and the overall performance of what was left gradually
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