Above Ground, Natural Swimming Pool Ideas and Designs
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Belknap Landscape CompanyLarge traditional back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Boston with tiled flooring.
Pool-Konzept GmbH & Co. KGThorsten Faust
Design ideas for a small contemporary back custom shaped above ground hot tub in Frankfurt.
Design ideas for a small contemporary back custom shaped above ground hot tub in Frankfurt.
Pioneer Family Pools LWDesign ideas for a medium sized classic back above ground hot tub in Toronto with a shelter.
Holly Lepere - Lepere Studio, PhotographerGrace Design Associates
This is an example of a mediterranean round above ground swimming pool in Santa Barbara with a water feature, a shelter and gravel.
This is an example of a mediterranean round above ground swimming pool in Santa Barbara with a water feature, a shelter and gravel.
Paradise Pools and Patios of Louisiana LLCTile: Coral Rustic Blue
Coping: Gold Travertine
Plaster: Diamond Brite Paradise Blue Mix
Small contemporary back rectangular natural swimming pool in New Orleans with a water feature and decking.
Small contemporary back rectangular natural swimming pool in New Orleans with a water feature and decking.
Vollmer Custom Pools LLCDesign ideas for an expansive country back custom shaped natural hot tub in Houston with tiled flooring.
Gary McDonald and Son Inc.Gary McDonald and Katy Boggs
This is an example of a large beach style back custom shaped natural swimming pool in San Francisco with gravel.
This is an example of a large beach style back custom shaped natural swimming pool in San Francisco with gravel.
Studio 511The pool house has a soaring ceiling covered in raw cypress planks. The walls are painted brick with soft gray French doors on all four sides. The floor is large random French limestone. Interior design by Markham Roberts.
Paul Allen HomesDesign ideas for a rustic back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Austin with a water feature.
UserAnother angle of the pebble tec walk in area for the pool.
Photos by Jannus Studios
Photo of a medium sized mediterranean back rectangular natural hot tub in Los Angeles with tiled flooring.
Photo of a medium sized mediterranean back rectangular natural hot tub in Los Angeles with tiled flooring.
James K. Emmanuel AssociatesThis is an example of a large contemporary back custom shaped above ground swimming pool in Boston with concrete slabs.
Star of Texas LandscapeJapanese soaking tub set half in the ground with a cedar entry deck, also used as a waterfeature with water pump and trough.
Design ideas for a small eclectic back round above ground hot tub in Dallas with decking.
Design ideas for a small eclectic back round above ground hot tub in Dallas with decking.
Design ideas for a large rustic back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Dallas with a water feature and natural stone paving.
CST Design Group LLCThis 650 sq ft. freeform pool and 8' spa with waterfall take advantage of a steep hillside, allowing the waterfall to a naturalistic element in the landscape.
Van Kirk & Sons Pools and SpasThis swim spa with custom fire bowls and outdoor kitchen in Cooper City provides the perfect relaxing atmosphere.
Design ideas for a small modern back custom shaped above ground hot tub in Miami with natural stone paving.
Design ideas for a small modern back custom shaped above ground hot tub in Miami with natural stone paving.
Boston Design GuideBeautiful shot of this pool house at night. Architecture by Flavin Architects LLC
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back rectangular natural swimming pool in Boston with a pool house.
Inspiration for a medium sized contemporary back rectangular natural swimming pool in Boston with a pool house.
Watershape Consulting, Inc.Geometric pool and spa with "floating" steps and a "floating" patio. Spillways into the pool behind the patio. Separate water feature to conceal the equipment. Lava bubble firebowl. Oceanside glasstile. PebbleTec interior. Photography: Allen Carrasco
Gage ConstructionHattons Photography
Photo of a large contemporary back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Other with tiled flooring and a pool house.
Photo of a large contemporary back custom shaped natural swimming pool in Other with tiled flooring and a pool house.
SSG Pools & Spas, Inc.Design ideas for a large traditional back rectangular natural swimming pool in Boston with concrete slabs.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignA Memorial area family commissioned us to create a natural swimming pool in their back yard. The family already had a standard pool on premises, but it was isolated in an area of the yard not particularly suited to seating guests or hosting get-togethers. What they wanted was a second, natural swimming pool built that would serve as the hub of a new home outdoor entertainment area consisting of a new stone patio, comfortable outdoor seating, and a fire pit. They wanted to create something unique that would preserve as much of the natural features of the landscape as possible, but that would also be completely safe and fully functional as a swimming pool.
We decided to design this new landscaping plan around a pre-existent waterfall that was already on the property. This feature was too attractive to ignore, and provided the ideal anchor point for a new gathering area. The fountain had been designed to mimic a natural waterfall, with stones laid on top of one another in such a way as to look like a mountain cliff where water spontaneously springs from the top and cascades down the rocks. At first glance, many would miss the opportunity that such a structure provides; assuming that a fountain designed like a cliff would have to be completely replaced to install a natural swimming pool. Our landscaping designers, however, came up with a landscape plan to transform one archetypal form into the other by simply adding to what was already there.
At the base of the rocks we dug a basin. This basin was oblong in shape and varied in degrees of depth ranging from a few inches on the end to five feet in the middle. We directed the flow of the water toward one end of the basin, so that it flowed into the depression and created a swimming pool at the base of the rocks. This was easy to accomplish because the fountain lay parallel to the top of a natural ravine located toward the back of the property, so water flow was maintained by gravity. This had the secondary effect of creating a new natural aesthetic. The addition of the basin transformed the fountain’s appearance to look more like a cliff you would see in a river, where the elevation suddenly drops, and water rushes over a series of rocks into a deeper pool below. Children and guests swimming in this new structure could actually imagine themselves in a Rocky Mountain River.
We then heated the swimming pool so it could be enjoyed in the winter as well as the summer, and we also lit the pool using two types of luminaries for complimentary effects. For vegetation, we used mercury vapor down lights to backlight surrounding trees and to bring out the green color of foliage in and around the top of the rocks. For the brown color of the rocks themselves, and to create a sparkling luminance rising up and out of the water, we installed incandescent, underwater up lights. The lights were GFIC protected to make the natural swimming pool shock proof and safe for human use.
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