#design for swimming

[alessandro55]

Reflections on the pool

California designs for swimming

Photographs by Melba Levick, Text by Cleo Baldon and Ib Melchior

Rizzoli, New York 1997, 176 pages, 23,5x29cm, ISBN 9780 847 820 146

euro 35,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

From Sonoma wine country in the north to sundrenched La Jolla in the south, and from Malibu's seaside enclaves to Palm Springs nestled in the desert, California's distinctive regions are home to many of the world's most stunning swimming pools. Since the ancient times, when manmade baths enhanced the gardens of Egyptian nobles, pools have been built as the ultimate symbols of luxury and leisure, providing a means of capturing one of nature's most elusive elements. Soon after the pool arrived in America in the nineteenth century, California became a mecca for pool owners, where many advances in pool design have been made over the last century. Reflections on the Pool presents 40 perfect pools in 100 brilliant color photographs. These include the vibrant, Mexican-style architectural design of Ricardo Legorreta and the avant-garde, sensational creations of John Lautner, and illustrate the theories of the renowned landscape designers Thomas Church and Isabelle Greene. Each section of the book features a type of pool, or an element of pool design. Pools imitating nature, lap pools, architectural or highly ornamented pools are discussed in detail, as well as historic pools such as Hearst's Neptune Pool at San Simeon or Thomas Church's vanguard kidney-bean-shaped design of 1948, and other early California examples that set precedents for the pools of today. The introduction outlines technical aspects of design, and gives a brief history of the pool, including the influence of Hollywood on its popularity. Whether you own a pool or wish for one, and wherever you live, Reflections on the Pool is a color-infused, fresh, and inspirational display of the boundless possibilities in pool design.

27/08/24

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[rocy5]

[toyastales]

I like the contemporary spin on traditional architecture. I also like the symmetrical design.

[53v3nfrn5]

Swimming pool at Spiegel Publishing House in Hamburg, Germany (1969) Designed by: Verner Panton

[bacchuschucklefuck]

doing chibi is a good design exercise bc it forces u to think on shapes n essential details, essentially thumbnailing ur designs. its also a terrible design exercise bc it ends up looking cute no matter what

[fraternum-momentum]

tits be upon ye

[cordycepsbian]

selkies have been taking up so much of our brain for the past few days so here's a scelkie (scug selkie) looks to the moon

[wolfythewitch]

Poseidon design!

Focusing on keeping the designs simpler so I can animate them easily haha, so I'm keeping the jewelry and patterns to a minimum

[arc-hus]

House of Concrete Experiments, Alibag, India - Samira Rathod Design Atelier

https://www.srda.co/

[danicalzone]

Makes me want a sausage sizzle

[climbdraws]

very early wip but feel free to keep suggesting characters

[rocy5]

[toyastales]

My escape.

[hysteriafossil]

sanders sides beach episode when

[vintagehomecollection]

Beyond the swimming pool and light screen of vegetation, islands of rock arise from the sea like great leviathans.

Celebrity Homes II, 1981