AQUA Choice Awards

Over the years, the AQUA Choice Awards has honored the best in residential pool and spa design, from portable hot tub installations to extravagant custom concrete pools with all the bells and whistles.


See Past Winners

November 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByCailley Hammel | November 13, 2012

Things are not always how they seem. At first glance, this pool on the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, is what you might expect of a high-end custom build. But look at it ...



October 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByCailley Hammel | September 18, 2012

Imagine it: the sight of small feet crossing the footbridge, the sound of cries for treasure, the splash of swashbuckling youngsters vanquishing pirates. All it takes is one look at ...



September 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | August 29, 2012

What the clients had was a lap pool with no spa, concrete heaving above the pool and poor grading on the site in general, with steps and trees blocking the flow of traffic through the yard. Still, they wanted what everyone wants...



August 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByMandy Acre | July 30, 2012

Building a backyard paradise does not always take months, or even years. In a limited time frame, this builder created a multi-level, fiberglass dream pool with a landscape ...



July 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | June 28, 2012

There are a lot of parts to this project. It has a pool, cabana with full kitchen, fireplace, gazebo, formal statuary with reflecting pool, fire pit, hot tub, outdoor barbecue, ...



June 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | May 24, 2012

"Fun" was the first word the AQUA Choice judges came up with when they evaluated this pool. It looks like fun. The gorgeous wood beam swing and the poolside, ...



May 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | May 01, 2012

Using the BioNova approach and a watercolor artist's flair, a small group of designers have created a truly unique backyard pool – unlike any ever featured ...



April 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | April 02, 2012

It's an elegant and alluring piece of backyard pool and spa construction. It's got flowing lines, impressive rockwork and subtle landscaping that beckons the viewer ...



March 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | February 29, 2012

The technical achievement of this AQUA Choice winner inspired the judges, all accomplished builders in their own right, who spoke of the challenges of building ...



February 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByScott Webb | January 25, 2012

Be honest, on a snowy winter's day in Massachusetts is there anyplace you'd rather be than sitting poolside in this marvelous aquatic space adorned with exposed ...



Meet The AQUA Choice Judges

ByAQUA Editors | January 11, 2012

Every year the AQUA Choice judges are presented with a formidable task: out of a plethora of exquisite beauties, pick just 11. A rating system helps (pools and spas are ...



January 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

ByMandy Acre | December 13, 2011

A home as unique as this one needs a pool to match. Built into the side of a steep cliff in West Kelowna, British Columbia, this home is the epitome of contemporary ...



November 2011 AQUA Choice Winner: Achieving Ultimate Poolscape Proportion In Coppell, Texas

ByScott Webb | October 14, 2011

This Texas-sized ranch deserved an outdoor environment that would truly reflect the wide open spaces and rugged Western charm of the home and property. The end ...



October 2011 AQUA Choice Winner: Combining Two Concrete Pool Preferences In Wheeling, Illinois

ByScott Webb | September 26, 2011

The wife had a proclivity for the modern. The husband preferred natural settings. But the spouses were clients on equal footing and so the result would have to please them both. ...



September 2011 AQUA Choice Winner: A Classically Styled Concrete Pool In British Columbia

ByScott Webb | September 07, 2011

Even the most florid prose fails to match what is gracefully presented to the eye by this classically styled pool from British Columbia, one of the most ...



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