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 David Tisherman and Kevin Fleming, educated as a landscape architect, are certified members of the Society of Watershape Designers (SWD), an accredited educational program of seminars, short courses and schools that is setting higher expectations in aquatic design, particularly in the refinement of hydraulics, structures and cosmetic innovations. Mr. Tisherman was one of three founding members in 1998 of the SWD curriculum, Genesis 3, and is the chairman of the SWD governing board.  This all-glass mosaic tile spa and pool in Malibu features a checkerboard pattered deck in one-sq. foot bluestone with grass interspersed between the stone. The 24 jets make for a powerful spa experience. Laminar jets (Crystal Fountains, Toronto) in the grass take the air out of the water and give the colored jetting water the appearance of bent acrylic rods. Fiber optics create the light. The streaming water is very quiet, makes almost no splash and is synched to a computer. The water can change colors, move back and forth, up and down and even move to rhythms of music. ?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????<?EUR??,,????'?????< David Tisherman founded the pool design/build company Visual, Inc. in Manhattan Beach, Calif. in 1979. His background includes a B.S. in industrial design from California State University, Northridge and graduate studies at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., and at Harvard University. He taught architectural rendering and presentation at UCLA for more than a decade and was recognized as ?EUR??,,????'?????<Los Angeles Times Magazine, Philadelphia Style and The New York Times.  This Pacific Palisades pool and spa features hand-made ceramic tile (Busby Gilbert) with a backdrop wall colored by mixing cobalt with red oxide. The scalloped bronze spillways arch the waterfalls out into the spa, which recirculates the water back to the spillways. The pump here is moving a modest 35 gpm, which is by design. ?EUR??,,????'?????< PartnershipKevin Fleming graduated from the West Virginia University landscape architecture program in 1991 and went to work for a top company involved in residential landscape design, sales and project management. In 1998, the company asked him to establish and lead the firm?EUR??,,????'?????<   Yes, that is snow, and we are looking at an out-of-the-ground vanishing edge pool with a seating ledge (Tennesse stone) on Crater Hill, Tenn. This is a favorite of the designer because of the interaction of the colors and the reflection of the trees in the water. The sight line is such that you cannot see the trough that recirulates the water via 3-hp pumps and big return lines (3-in plumbing). The trough is lit at night. The first design was sketched on a discarded cardboard box, prompted when the home owner said, ?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????<   This home is on the former Dean Martin estate (Dean?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????<  This project was the first collaboration between Mr. Tisherman and Mr. Fleming. Located in Hanover, Penn., this is a million dollar aquascape. The 2,400-sq. ft. residential pool?EUR??,,????'?????< Landscape Architects and Pool Design?EUR??,,????'?????<  This Malibu remodeled back yard and deck is both functional and whimsical. The owner?EUR??,,????'?????< Pool specification by others is usually a recipe for disaster. The problem is the landscape architect is charging the customer for a set of plans. Those plans are submitted to a contractor. So now you have a contractor who is responsible for the specifications of a swimming pool, who probably knows less than the landscape architect.?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????<?EUR??,,????'?????< Mr. Fleming advises landscape architects to hire pool consultants, just as they would hire a fountain consultant when facing design and construction of a million dollar fountain.  When the owners of this Margate, N.J. residence were remodeling their home, the architect, Robert Johnson, brought in David Tisherman to design ?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????<   Like a little fire with your water? This fire wall next to the pool in Thousand Oaks, Calif. keeps guests warm on chilly evenings. The flames are generated by gas jets. Silica and lava rock are the materials within the firewall. Mr. Fleming has attained the ?EUR??,,????'?????<  You traverse across the large fieldstones to access the all-glass tile spa at this property in Saddle River, N.J. The stone (?EUR??,,????'?????< The design philosophy of Tisherman and Fleming is the pool should not be the focal point, it should be a supporting element in the environment. The habit in swimming pool design, they find, is to simply put the pool in the middle of the backyard. From a design point of view, the landscape architect has to create a pool that is suited to the environment. Is it suited to the architecture of the home? Is it in the proper scale to the home and backyard? This goes for hardscaping and plantings, as well. Are they in proper scale and texture to the pool and do they fit with the style of architecture? Every piece must fit and work together.  This lovely glass-tiled spa is deceptively difficult to design. When the heated spa isn?EUR??,,????'?????<  Cantilevered off a large mountain, this Calabasas, Calif. negative edge pool is raised 18 inches out of the ground, with a 7.5 ton rock in foreground. The spa overflows into a little stream that wraps around and re-enters the spa. You climb over boulders to get to the spa . The pool interior is a pebble finish called plum. The earthy, subtle tones of the ledger rock and the pool?EUR??,,????'?????< |
