spa design

Brilliant Wonders from Custom Molded Products
Custom Molded Products (Tyrone, GA) manufactures Brilliant Wonders, a waterfall system with built-in LED lighting.…
Deco Wall Scuppers from Fountains Unique
Fountains Unique (Laguna Hills, CA) manufactures wall scuppers in a Deco style that works in…
#20: Organic Spa
I've been working as a watershape designer long enough to have seen big trends emerge and really take hold.  It seemed for a while, for example, that vanishing edges came up at some point in just about every initial client conversation.   More recently, I've found myself discussing lots of geometric pools - rectangles and various other squared-off perimeters - and that's great, because it gives us plentiful ways to
2015/8.2, August 19 — Savvy Recycling, Natural Wandering, Budget-Suited Design and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS August 19, 2015 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
RicoRock Introduces Structural Grotto/Cave System
RicoRock (Orlando, FL) now offers builders an improved system for adding custom structural grottos and…
2015/7.2, July 22 — Eastern Aspiration, Start-Up Options, Yellowstone’s Magic and more
From: WaterShapes <[email protected]>; Subject: Eastern Aspiration, Start-Up Options, Yellowstone’s Magic and more Reply: [email protected] THE…
Eastern Sensibilities
It's rare, but it happens:  Every once in a while, a client's desires align perfectly with the capabilities of a watershape designer and builder - so much so that the collaboration becomes a study in how powerful creative harmony can be. This sort of synergy was a hallmark of the hillside project under discussion here.  Early in the process, we were brought aboard to work on an unusually large spa as well as a small
On the Beam
'Every single project I design and build,' wrote David Tisherman near the top of his Details column in July 2005, 'is fully, individually engineered, and I refuse to make any assumptions on my own about what might be needed in a set of plans to create a sound structure.  If any builder anywhere thinks that he or she knows enough to get by without support from a structural engineer, well, that's just asking for trouble.' 'I know what I don't know, frankly, and I sleep well at night knowing that
Neptune Benson Offers ProStrainer Products
Neptune Benson (Coventry, RI) has acquired the ProStrainer line from ProFlo. These lightweight, low-profile, small-footprint,…
2015/4.1, April 8 — Cascade Mastery, Hydraulic Balance, Digital Pioneering and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS March 18, 2015 www.watershapes.com DIGITAL DESIGN…