WaterShapes

ELP Series in HDPE from Delta UV
Delta UV (Gardena, CA) now offers its ELP Series of low-pressure ultraviolet pond sanitizers in…
Hayward’s OmniLogic Now Works with Nest Controllers
Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) has announced that its OmniLogic automation system now works with…
AstralPool Offers the Viron Gas Pool/Spa Heater
AstralPool (Jacksonville, FL) manufactures the Viron gas heater for residential swimming pools and spas. Designed…
Dandelion Water Effects from Fountain People
Fountain People (San Marcos, TX) manufacture Dandelion water effects in both spherical and hemispherical configurations.…
FX Luminaire Introduces the Luxor Cube
FX Luminaire (San Marcos, CA) has released the Luxor Cube, a module that allows the…
Mystic Falls Illuminated Weirs from Aquility Systems
Aquility Systems (Gainesville, FL) makes the Mystic Falls line of illuminated waterfall weirs. Designed for…
When Fall’s in the Air
'As fall looms before us,' noted Stephanie Rose in kicking off her Natural Companions column in the September 2000 issue of WaterShapes, 'it's timely to consider a question that should be a factor in every design we prepare:  To drop or not to drop?' 'This question is a good one to ask before you start planning and has to do with how much natural debris your clients will be willing to fish out of their watershapes once you're gone.  In other words, while it's always important to decide
Floating in Style
I came out of college as a full-fledged art-and-architecture geek:  By the time I was through, I'd taken more than my share of classes in very dark rooms.   When I set out on my self-directed tour of Europe about ten months after graduating, I knew there were countless places I wanted to see with my own eyes
The Way-Back Machine
A couple weeks ago in this space, I raised a few questions about public swimming pools and their current tendency toward becoming utterly grand, infinitely varied, impressively expensive mega-facilities.  I also hearkened back to watershaping on the level of the places in which I'd learned to swim - pools where I gained the strength and skill required to
A Lesson in Communication
This project is wonderful in so many ways that it's tough to believe our clients could be anything less than perfectly satisfied - but, surprisingly, they've had a bone to pick with me. It's just gorgeous:  A great shape, beautifully detailed tile, a perimeter-overflow system augmented with a vanishing edge, underwater speakers, lush landscaping - a perfect Hawaiian-style plunge for