waterfall design

2015/9.1, September 9 — Plaster Start-Ups, Cascading Precision, Winter Work and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS September 9, 2015 www.watershapes.com START-UP DYNAMICS…
Basin Burdens
Pond-free waterfall systems are a conceptual oddity:  At first thought, they don't seem as though they can in any way appear natural, with their long streams of cascading water disappearing into voids instead of flowing across the large sort of pond that is so familiar to most of us in natural settings. But I'm among those who like these odd watershapes - and I think much of it has to do with the fact that we
Rocky Road
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I can sometimes look like a rock outcropping myself:  Whatever it is, I love working with big chunks of stone in my pond projects.  More than any single design element I can deploy, there is no other component that's more important when it comes to making my work look as though it's been there
2015/7.1, July 8 — Illuminating the Classics, Digital Values, Working a Waterfall and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS July 8, 2015 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Up the Hill
This is another instance in pond construction in which experience is a huge advantage:  When it's time to size and set things up for a long, cascading stream leading down a reasonably steep hill to a pond-free basin, there's nothing about the process that I'd like to approach without knowing
Aquascape Offers Product and Application Drawings
Aquascape (St, Charles, Ill.) has announced the availability of more than 50 of its product…
Waters of Paradise
When I first became involved with this project, the property was little more than a muddy slope - a dramatic piece of Panamanian topography that nobody had ever considered developing before my clients came along and decided to build a large, custom home. There was a reason it was available to them when they arrived:  The building site was a logistical nightmare not only because of the topography but also because of the configuration of the lot.  But they
2014/9.1, September 10 — Reinventing Paradise, Gutting a Pond, Customizing Vinyl and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS September 10, 2014 www.watershapes.com PROJECT PROFILE…
Upper-Crust Ponds
An Interview by Lenny Giteck From a very young age, Steve Sandalis was fascinated by natural waterfeatures — an early interest that years later led him to found his watershaping company, Mystic Water Gardens. The Encino, Calif.-based business has prospered mainly by designing and building high-end waterfeatures for the wealthy elite of Los Angeles, including major figures in the entertainment industry. Many of Mystic's projects, which mostly come through word-of-mouth referrals, have carried six-figure price tags, including one that ran
Fiberoptic Lighting Systems from S.R. Smith
S.R. Smith (Canby, OR) now manufactures the Fiberstars line of lighting products – including Color…