Natural Design - Auburn, California

Winner of 1999 AQUA Choice Award in Concrete Pools Category

About  |  Past Winners Place: 2 Year: 1999 Category: Concrete Pools

Location: Weimar, Calif.
Completion date: June 1998
General shape: Free-form
Type of construction: Concrete
Length and width: 25 by 35 feet
Capacity: 17,450 gallons
Depth: 1.5 to 7 feet
Deck material: Hand-sculpted concrete
Total price of installation, including decking and landscaping: $40,000

Hand-sculpted structural concrete, created on-site to mimic natural rock, forms this waterscape. A streambed begins at the highest part of the property s steep slope. It winds its way through the lawn to a raised beach area, where small children can play within view of the home.

As the elevation drops from the beach area to the main pool, one finds a cantilevered waterfall - flanked on one side by a waterslide and the other by cascading wet steps. The steps lead back up to the beach area. Beneath the waterfall is a bench seat.

Other features of the lower-level swimming hole are diving rocks and a shallow swim-out that slopes up out of the pool.

A chlorine generator and magnetic water conditioner keep the water clean, and a water fill device helps insure proper operation of the adjustable-flow waterfalls.