Waterfront: September 2010

Oct 14, 2010

On Top Of The World

Singapore pool towers above the rest

Ool 910 Aq The Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore features a unique design that gives swimmers a view from over 650 feet in the air. The hotel consists of three towers capped off by Sands SkyPark, home to a tropical oasis that's longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall and large enough to park four and a half jumbo jets. According to the Sands, the 492-foot infinity pool is the world's largest outdoor pool at that height.

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Celestial Skies: Look Toward a Cure

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Upselling Shade: How One Builder Heats Up New Sales While Keeping Customers Cool

Upselling Shade: How One Builder Heats Up New Sales While Keeping Customers Cool

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A Manhattan Parking Garage Turned Wellness Destination

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Celestial Skies: Look Toward a Cure

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Swapping Out the Liner on a 54-Year-Old Municipal Swimming Pool

From Pipe Dreams to Pool Paradise

A look at the fundamentals of pool plumbing.

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A Manhattan Parking Garage Turned Wellness Destination

This former parking garage now serves as a wellness destination, complete with thermal pools, saunas, steam rooms and more.

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Celestial Skies: Look Toward a Cure

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All profits from Celestial Skies, an exclusive new vinyl-liner pattern, will be donated to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund.

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Swapping Out the Liner on a 54-Year-Old Municipal Swimming Pool

When this community pool needed a major renovation, operators turned to a contractor who could deliver.

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New "Forms" of Concrete Construction

New forms of concrete construction — shuttered reinforced concrete and ICFs — are gaining popularity.

The team from DC Pools pours an ICF pool in Texas. These concrete forms will be left in the ground when the pool is finished.

King Tide Takes Out the Pools in South Carolina

Perhaps these pools were built too close to the water?

Portuguese National Park House

Located between pine trees lies the Praia Grande house, complete with five, interconnected volumes and a swimming pool that looks like a natural pond.

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Fiberglass Franchising

Franchising the complexity of pool construction is a challenge. The streamlined, predictable methods of fiberglass installation make it possible.

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Shifting Shades of Color

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This new vinyl material for pool liners has the ability to "color shift."

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Challenge Met, Naturally

On a steep slope in the rainy season, this builder overcame a number of challenges to build a lovely little pool.

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Another Show, Another Million Dollar Victor

This year's Million Dollar Pool Design Challenge took contestants to Miami Beach. Explore the winning design, which features a stunning yacht-hardtop-inspired shade structure as its centerpiece.

A look into the first place design by Brad Holley of Randy Angell Designs.

Designing Vertical: Creating a Sense of Place

Putting thought to your design in the vertical plane is essential to create a sense of place.

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