Water features
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about water features
Curving Modern
The most striking feature of this home are the razor-edge roof profiles and the fact that those roofs swoop both vertically and horizontally. It is really an evolution of modern design. It uses all of the typical architectural rules of modern home design and takes it to the next level.
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The roof forms serve functions on the exterior. They overhang to provide shade during the warmer months and then create a really unique transition from the single story portion of the home to the second story. Plus, they take form in the great room with a curved ceiling form above that transitions up to the second floor, creating a timeless architectural element.
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Deephaven
This organic design takes advantage of its unique landscape as it emerges from and interacts with the nearby wetlands. The horizontal-cut stone siding gives the home a sleek and modern look. The many windows are positioned to maximize the amazing views, and to ensure privacy.
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Asked to create outdoor areas on a small, tight lot, the design team integrated the indoor and the outdoor spaces to create beautiful places to entertain on a lower level terrace as well as a main level cantilevered deck.
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Atrium Desert
The origin of the design idea behind this home was to create both privacy and openness. The home is nestled into a four+ acre lot that overlooks Pinnacle Peak in Scottsdale, AZ. We created an oasis, with lots of water features. For example, the negative-edge pool doesn’t face outwards; it faces the home so it’s like having a waterfall in your yard. Additional water features are introduced for a cooling effect. Rammed-earth walls – compressed earth mix with cement – create a cool, earthy looking wall. The home has lots of plants, garden areas and open doors. What makes it unique is that it's a glass house with privacy. We sunk the house into the terrain so it’s earth sheltered in a way.
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Project • By Water Studio • Commercial Landscape
Hotel Drover
Four smooth copper cube podiums with 13 rivulet spouts each span 21-feet ofthe exterior patio at the newly renovated Hotel Drover in Fort Worth, Texas. Therivulets pour water from two opposite sides of each cube creating playful crisscross patterns and gentle splashing sounds. Water continues to flow down allfour podium sides creating smooth endless waves that fall into a bed of Mexicanbeach pebbles. Topped with ceramic planters the fountain is the centerpiece ofthe hotel’s front entryway.
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Project • By Water Studio • Residential Landscape
Malibu Stainless Steel Sculptures
A collection of three stainless steel sculptures stand at the entry wayof a contemporary home in Malibu, California. Strategically designedto mimic the curvature of the house, the sculptures compliment thesurrounding architecture, yet add a unique, captivating element tothe outside patio.
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Cascading water creates vibrant reflections off the stainless steel surfaces, reflecting the existing greenery surrounding the sculptures as well as the illuminated pond below.
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Project • By Water Studio • Residential Landscape
Lago Vista Rivulet Fountain
A water feature constructed from black granite and bronze is the focalpoint of the outdoor patio area in a modern home in Beverly Hills, CA. Acurtain of rivulets line the edge of a perfectly still pool, guiding streamsof water into the bed of river rocks below. LED lights illuminate thefalling water, adding a warm ambiance to the outdoor space.
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Project • By Water Studio • Offices
Two Story Frameless Water Veil
Five translucent water veils create the illusion of parallel panels of water falling two stories in the lobby of this modern Century City office. Concealed linear LED light fixtures illuminate the veils of slowly moving water from above and below. The unending water waves disappear into a bed of light-colored pebbles efficiently concealing the equipment and utilities. More
Project • By Water Studio • Offices
Frameless Water Veil
Mesmerizing ripples of water emanate from a discrete slot in the lounge area ceiling of this sophisticated office space in Downtown Los Angeles. A line of LED light, recessed into the ceiling, highlights the water’s texture traveling down the stainless steel screen. The water disappears into a bed of black beach pebbles bordered on two sides by a built-in marble bench that creates an ideal location to enjoy the peaceful sound and sight of this unique Water Veil. Measuring 16 ft. wide by 12 ft. tall the Veil is positioned in front of a large glass wall to promote multiple viewing perspectives from within the office. More
Product • By Oliver Kessler Design GmbH • RAIN3
RAIN3 | RAINCUBE
RAIN³ draws its fascination from the ambivalence of a very clean, almost sterile and artificial cubic shape and the natural untameability of water. The bold lines of the cube can not tame the water running in chaotic and unpredictable ways through its center, instead the cube merely acts as a threedimensional frame for the playfulness of the element, both housing and protecting it and amplifying the sound of a rain shower.This water spectacle is illuminated by warm or cool white LEDs. RAIN³ can be inserted into a furniture top or can be equipped with a low or high plinth for table or floor installation. More