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The Aquatic Quiz #10
Sloshed Brit Swims in River Directly in Path of Cargo Ship  
The Aquatic Quiz #8
USA Swimming Shows Support forHigh School Swimmer with Leukemia  
Grand Effects Introduces Fire Candeleres
Grand Effects (Irvine, CA) has announced the availability of Fire Candeleres for residential and commercial…
A Private Paradise, Revisited
In many ways, this project is a study in personalities:  of the original clients, of the home's architecture and, ultimately, of subsequent owners who purchased the property and called me back to it years after my initial work had been completed.   The first time through, the owners were close friends of mine.  We had remarkably similar tastes, so my basic charge was to do exactly what I thought needed to be done, much as if it were my own home. The house is a beautiful example of Mid-Century Modern, a style that fits well in the special environs of the Florida Keys.  But when I first visited the site, I could tell that someone had tried to turn it into
Building the Playboy Mansion Pool
An Interview by Lenny Giteck Some the most iconic images of the past four decades have been photos of  bikini-clad Playmates splashing around in the swimming pool or  lounging in the adjoining grotto of the Playboy Mansion West, in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. When Hugh Hefner purchased the 5.2-acre property in 1971, it included a staid, 29-room "Gothic-Tudor" house (as Forbes magazine described it). Through the years, however, the Playboy founder has invested a reported $15 million to transform the place into a
LED Accent Lighting from Hayward Pool Products
Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) offers ColorLogic color LED accent lighting for watershape applications. Easy…
The Shopping List #1
Hayward Releases theSwimClear Cartridge Filter Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) announces the introduction of the…
Springing Back
The news media have landed a few blows to watershaping's chin in recent weeks. First there were stories about the fact that peeing in swimming pools is a really bad thing, basically because you shouldn't breathe the gas that rises from the water as
2014/6.2, June 25 — Fun Rockwork, Hair-Raising Access, Great Garden Rooms and more
June 25, 2014 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Sculpted for Fun It’s easy for watershapers to get wrapped…
Sun-Shelf Nozzles from Roman Fountains
Roman Fountains (Albuquerque, NM) manufactures the RPSS Series Sunshelf Nozzle, a small, precision-machined brass nozzle…