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LASN July 2014 Table of Contents07-01-14 | News

LASN July 2014 Table of Contents

On the cover:
The Village at Meridian, Idaho, p. 74
Landscape Architecture by Lifescapes International, Newport Beach, Calif. Fountains Designed and Built by Outside the Lines, Newport Beach, Calif.

Features

Stradivarius Swimming Sanctuary
Luxury pool builder Cipriano Custom Pools & Landscaping of Bergen County N.J., won the "Best Gunite Swimming Pool Award" for their design of a pool in the shape of an 18th century Stradivarius, including chinrest, tailpiece, purfling, f-holes, and bridge.
"?u Pool Design/Build by Cipriano Custom Pools & Landscaping, Editor Michelle Medaris

Salt Lake City's Historic City Creek Inspires Center's Design
Salt Lake City's newest mixed-use development anchors 536 residences, 1.7 million square feet of office space and 760,000 square feet of retail space. The bold 23-acre landscape replicates a stream, waterfalls and showcases linear and circular show fountains.
"?u Landscape Architecture by SWA Group, San Francisco

Making a Splash in Big Spring
The renovation of the backyard of this Big Spring, Texas residence includes a 70-foot long, 30-foot wide crescent pool with a 14-foot deep end, and a raised stone hot tub with a 10-foot diameter. The edge of the pool spills into a rock-lined basin punctuated by pillars for fountain pots, creating a vanishing edge near the entertaining area.
"?u Landscape Architecture by KDC Associates

Art in the Landscape "?u Pittsburgh's Cloud Arbor
Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square on Pittsburgh's Northside sits in front of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. The park was a $6.5 million collaborative effort between the museum, Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture of San Francisco, site artist Ned Kahn and Koolfog.
"?u Landscape Architecture by Andrea Cochran

Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden, Dallas Arboretum
The design team of Van Sickle & Rolleri (exhibit design), MKW + Associates, LLC (landscape architecture) and Dattner Architects were selected after a national search to create an engaging and beautiful 8-acre outdoor learning experience for children at the Dallas Arboretum. Water wends its way through 14 linked themed learning galleries, and past the earth sheltered Exploration Center.

"?u Landscape Architecture by MKW + Associates, LLC

The Village at Meridian, Idaho
There are two pools on two levels at the Village at Meridian in Meridian, Idaho, with a 50-ft. long waterfall separating the upper and lower ponds. Thirty-foot Norway maples and other maple varieties were selected in Canada and brought down to be the signature trees around the village square.
"?u Landscape Architecture by Lifescapes International"?uFountains Designed/Built by Outside the Lines

Sky Mirror Fountain, At&T Stadium, Dallas
Sir Anish Kapoor's 35-foot diameter, 23-ton, "Sky Mirror" sits on a granite "plinth," supported by reinforced structural concrete piers. The top of the plinth is a reflecting pool and fountain. The mirror is polished 316-grade stainless steel with the concave mirror angled and facing east to reflect the color and cloud patterns of the Texas sky.
"?u Art by Sir Anish Kapoor"?uReflecting Pools and Water Wall by Roman Fountains

Deparments

Commentary: Okay to Play ... Just Not to Spray!

Hardscapes: Making Space for a Roswell Retreat

Hardscape News

Playgrounds: Deep Pockets: Chicago's Smallest Play Spaces

Product Focus: Water Features

Movers & Shakers

Stewardship: Exeter Gardens, Mahan Rykiel Associates

Editorial Contributors
Cipriano Custom Pools & Landscaping, Bergen County N.J.
CMS Fountain Consultants
Coldspring 
Dallas Arboretum
KDC Associates
Koolfog
Landscape Architecture by Lifescapes International, Newport Beach, Calif.
MKW + Associates, LLC
Outside the Lines
Outside the Lines (OTL), Newport Beach, Calif.
Roman Fountains
SWA Group, San Francisco
Water Structures
WET Design