2014 APSP International Awards of Excellence

Designed by Skip Phillips. The owner purchased the property next door to his home with the vision of turning it into a pool/play house for his family. There was an existing pool which had to be removed before construction could begin on the new design. The pool overflows its entire perimeter with the exception of two locations where the water in transit details transition from the vanishing edge to what is known as the Lautner edge (named for the late architect John Lautner who developed the detail). The spa overflows three of its sides into an uplit gutter. The fourth side is framed by a slightly offset fire element for visual intrigue. -The entire deck surrounding the pool (which also continues into the house) is finished in 8'x7' slabs of French Limestone set in a grid pattern. Pool and spa are both completely finished in glass tile. There is a custom built, in-floor, automatic cover located in the center of the pool which can be deployed and retracted with the push of a button. The lid of the cover is finished with the same glass tile as the rest of the pool to minimize its visibility. - In addition to remodeling the yard, the entire "pool house" was remodeled to match the architectural style of the family home next door.- In addition a rigid automatic pool cover from Covertech / Grando was added to the pool, which needs to come out of the center of the pool out of the pool floor with an all tiled automatic pit shutter. The cover had a translucent polycarbonate finish, which allows the cover to illuminate through the pool lights at night time.