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A Family’s Space for Outdoor Living in Media, PA

A Family’s Space for Outdoor Living in Media, PA

Chris Volk worked with the Cilli family to develop a...
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How Modern Art Brought Us Today’s Hottest Pool Designs

How Modern Art Brought Us Today’s Hottest Pool Designs

Modern style is the hottest design trend in swimming pools...
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Plunge Pools and Swim Spas: Luxury Pools Go Small

Plunge Pools and Swim Spas: Luxury Pools Go Small

Make (Less) Room for these Little Pools (plunge pools) that...
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Is Expert Pool Maintenance a Luxury?

Is Expert Pool Maintenance a Luxury?

Consider these 3 Risks before You Decide Too many people...
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5 Steps to Make a Swimming Pool a Luxury Pool

5 Steps to Make a Swimming Pool a Luxury Pool

How do you achieve that ultimate value—the luxury pool effect....
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LSI and Pool Water Balance Made Easier

LSI and Pool Water Balance Made Easier

Water balance starts with understanding LSI: the Langelier Saturation Index....
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Is It a Spa or Hot Tub, or Maybe an Ahhhhh Tub?

Is It a Spa or Hot Tub, or Maybe an Ahhhhh Tub?

Do you know when to call it a spa or...
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We Need to Talk about Pool Construction

We Need to Talk about Pool Construction

It’s time we had a serious conversation about pool construction....
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Connect the Dots to Achieve Unity in Your Landscape Design

Connect the Dots to Achieve Unity in Your Landscape Design

This 6th principle of landscape architecture poses a question you...
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Design for Movement in Your Outdoor Living Space

Design for Movement in Your Outdoor Living Space

Eyes move, minds move, and people enter the flow of...
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Rhythm Brings Order to Your Outdoor Space

Rhythm Brings Order to Your Outdoor Space

How Landscape and Architecture Set the Tempo in Space Much...
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How Emphasis Sets the Scene for a Large Country WaterSpace

How Emphasis Sets the Scene for a Large Country WaterSpace

Emphasis: Setting the Stage for Outdoor Entertaining You feel the...
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The Art of Emphasis: How Focus Adds Appeal to Your Outdoor Living Space

The Art of Emphasis: How Focus Adds Appeal to Your Outdoor Living Space

Emphasis: It’s like creating a stage for the stars of...
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Whisper and Shout: Use Contrast to Add Interest to Your WaterSpace Design

Whisper and Shout: Use Contrast to Add Interest to Your WaterSpace Design

Things get livelier when you add contrast to your outdoor...
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Keep Your Balance: the First Principle of Good WaterSpace Design

Keep Your Balance: the First Principle of Good WaterSpace Design

Use balance to pull together all the elements in your...
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Design Choices: Follow these 6 WaterSpace Design Principles

Design Choices: Follow these 6 WaterSpace Design Principles

We all want to have design choices, to make our...
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Philadelphia’s Fairmount Water Works – America’s Most Famous WaterSpace

Philadelphia’s Fairmount Water Works – America’s Most Famous WaterSpace

‘A Place Wondrous to Behold’: How Philadelphia’s Place for Pumping...
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Take a Dive Into the Science of Water

Take a Dive Into the Science of Water

Let's look at the science of water. This article is...
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LED the way: Light your Nighttime WaterSpace with New Outdoor LEDs

LED the way: Light your Nighttime WaterSpace with New Outdoor LEDs

A host of new LED lights are making outdoor lighting...
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Just Add Water: The Science of Water and Wellbeing

Just Add Water: The Science of Water and Wellbeing

Let's look at the Science of Water and Wellbeing. This is the first in a series of articles inspired by Wallace J. Nichols, a PhD who has turned his passion for water into his life’s work
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Creating Harmony Through Architecture, Water and Space

Creating Harmony Through Architecture, Water and Space

Let's explore how to create harmony through architecture, water and...
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“Spools” The Joy of Small Space WaterSpaces

“Spools” The Joy of Small Space WaterSpaces

There's a small space trend that has become really big...
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Color Choices In Pool Design – How to Talk About Color

Color Choices In Pool Design – How to Talk About Color

I make lots of color choices and design decisions at...
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The Tao of Texture in WaterSpace Design

The Tao of Texture in WaterSpace Design

Texture is an element that means more to landscape architects...
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Now There’s an App for Renting Your WaterSpace

Now There’s an App for Renting Your WaterSpace

Thanks at a new app called Swimply, next summer you...
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75 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your WaterSpace Design

75 Questions to Answer Before Starting Your WaterSpace Design

Let's examine the questions to answer before starting your pool...
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TheWaterSpace is Hiring Landscape Architects

TheWaterSpace is Hiring Landscape Architects

Two Unique Opportunities for Landscape Architects Looking for a Chance...
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How Lines and Shapes Take Form in WaterSpace Designs

How Lines and Shapes Take Form in WaterSpace Designs

 Lines make Shapes, and when a shape becomes part of a formal design it is called a Form
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