Design ideas for a mid-sized beach style backyard custom-shaped natural pool in Orange County with a water feature.

Contemporary pool in Melbourne.

Gorgeous Hobert Pool in Fairview, Texas with custom mosaic on the tanning ledge, aggregate decking, white precast coping, raised wall with custom water features and designer waterline tile.

Mediterranean pool in Other.

This beautiful year is in Newport Coast and has all the bels and whistles. This pool has stacked and ledgered stone, all granite BBQ and fire place. The pool is equipped with in floor deep heating and pebble tech finish. The pool is accented with 3 water pots with led lights. This is an entertainers delight.

The pool is night friendly too, lots of outdoor lighting and the bright lights inside streaming out means that the fun does not stop at sundown. Photo: Ryan Farnau

Stunning Indoor Pool with tropical fish and coral reef themed hand painted Italian tiles throughout pool and hot tub. Fieberoptic lighting Neoprene White Stretch wall Motorized skyligjts

Van Kirk Pools
Inspiration for a tropical pool in Miami.

Michael Glassman
Photo of a mediterranean pool in Sacramento.

Graduate Landscapes Ltd
Design ideas for a contemporary pool in Hampshire.

Design ideas for a midcentury pool in Denver.

A former dairy property, Lune de Sang is now the centre of an ambitious project that is bringing back a pocket of subtropical rainforest to the Byron Bay hinterland. The first seedlings are beginning to form an impressive canopy but it will be another 3 centuries before this slow growth forest reaches maturity. This enduring, multi-generational project demands architecture to match; if not in a continuously functioning capacity, then in the capacity of ancient stone and concrete ruins; witnesses to the early years of this extraordinary project. The project’s latest component, the Pavilion, sits as part of a suite of 5 structures on the Lune de Sang site. These include two working sheds, a guesthouse and a general manager’s residence. While categorically a dwelling too, the Pavilion’s function is distinctly communal in nature. The building is divided into two, very discrete parts: an open, functionally public, local gathering space, and a hidden, intensely private retreat. The communal component of the pavilion has more in common with public architecture than with private dwellings. Its scale walks a fine line between retaining a degree of domestic comfort without feeling oppressively private – you won’t feel awkward waiting on this couch. The pool and accompanying amenities are similarly geared toward visitors and the space has already played host to community and family gatherings. At no point is the connection to the emerging forest interrupted; its only solid wall is a continuation of a stone landscape retaining wall, while floor to ceiling glass brings the forest inside. Physically the building is one structure but the two parts are so distinct that to enter the private retreat one must step outside into the landscape before coming in. Once inside a kitchenette and living space stress the pavilion’s public function. There are no sweeping views of the landscape, instead the glass perimeter looks onto a lush rainforest embankment lending the space a subterranean quality. An exquisitely refined concrete and stone structure provides the thermal mass that keeps the space cool while robust blackbutt joinery partitions the space. The proportions and scale of the retreat are intimate and reveal the refined craftsmanship so critical to ensuring this building capacity to stand the test of centuries. It’s an outcome that demanded an incredibly close partnership between client, architect, engineer, builder and expert craftsmen, each spending months on careful, hands-on iteration. While endurance is a defining feature of the architecture, it is also a key feature to the building’s ecological response to the site. Great care was taken in ensuring a minimised carbon investment and this was bolstered by using locally sourced and recycled materials. All water is collected locally and returned back into the forest ecosystem after use; a level of integration that demanded close partnership with forestry and hydraulics specialists. Between endurance, integration into a forest ecosystem and the careful use of locally sourced materials, Lune de Sang’s Pavilion aspires to be a sustainable project that will serve a family and their local community for generations to come.

Design ideas for a traditional pool in Charleston.

Inspiration for a large contemporary backyard rectangular infinity pool in Miami with a hot tub and concrete pavers.

Custom Linear Pool on the river in Jacksonville, Fl.
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard rectangular natural pool in Jacksonville with stamped concrete.

Design ideas for a tropical pool in Austin.

This is an example of a contemporary pool.

Inspiration for a transitional pool in Boston.

Matthew Scott Photographer Inc.
This is an example of a large contemporary backyard rectangular pool in Charleston with a pool house and concrete pavers.