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2011/8.2, August 24 — Fire Features, Improving Performance, Marilyn Monroe and more
August 24, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM LESSONS LEARNED Mastering Outdoor Fire Features ‘Through the past decade or…
Brighter Future or Wishful Thinking?
I’ve spent considerable time in recent days chatting with watershapers about the way things are going — just touching base with old friends, mostly. These conversations generally start with curiosity about
2011/8.1, August 10 — Great Hotel Pools, Industry Gut Check, Designing Courageously and more
August 10, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM PHOTO GALLERY Are These Really the World’s Most Amazing Hotel Pools?…
We Promise to Keep You Posted
Several people have called me in recent weeks with best wishes and, above all, questions about what the future holds for our magazine, WaterShapes. That’s a reasonable inquiry, and the honest answer is
2011/7.2, July 27 — Hudson River Pools, Water Level Issues, Yosemite and more
July 27, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM VIDEO GALLERY Floating Swimming Pools on New York’s Hudson River? It’s…
Embraced by Yosemite
I’ve just returned from a mini-break in which my wife Judy and I and two friends spent two-and-a-half days scrambling around Yosemite National Park. Six months ago, we had reserved a campsite near Lake May, thinking
2011/7.1, July 13 — Olympic Aquatic Centre, Healthy Ponds, Ripples and more
July 13, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM PHOTO GALLERY The Controversial Aquatics VenueFor London’s 2012 Olympic Games The…
2011/6.2, June 29 — Water Cube, Raised Spas, Main Drains and more
June 29, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM VIDEO GALLERY What Happened to Beijing’s ‘Water Cube’ Aquatics Center? One…
Recall the Drains Themselves!
The commercial pool and spa industrywas rocked recently by the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s mandatory recall of main-drain grates — devices that had been designed, engineered and manufactured within the past two years to meet specific provisions
2011/6.1, June 15 — Vanishing Edges, Banpo Bridge Fountain, Portfolios and more
June 15, 2011 WATERSHAPES.COM LESSONS LEARNED Vanishing-Edge Pools: Problems and Solutions According to Scott Cohen,…