Join the fun of outdoor living and be inspired by pools, spas, and outdoor kitchens displayed in this handsome new book. Ideas abound for creating spaces that are beautiful and convenient for relaxing and entertaining outside. Landscape ideas, custom pool designs, and outdoor structures are discussed and shown in 340 gorgeous color photographs. The featured grilling recipes from Spiedini restaurants Certified Master Chef Gustav Mauler, of Las Vegas, Nevada, complement the beautiful surroundings for your perfect gourmet, fresh air events. Also, Mixologist Shawn Barker shares trendy cocktail...

Showcases the most innovative designs of water-inspired applications from around the globe. Presents winners of the Global AquaTekture Visionary Award, a prestigious distinction that honors the finest pool visionaries, inventors, and builders from Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States. The 39 projects shown masterfully blend the natural landscapes, elevations, and vistas with native and man-made materials. Includes exceptional commercial and residential environments, and provides information on the visionaries who created them.

Experience water jets streaming skyward or the stillness of an infinity edge. Forty-eight award-winning pool, spa, and water environments showcase the visions of architects, landscapers, artists, designers, inventors, and contractors from four continents. GAVA Global AquaTekture Visionary Award presents the latest winners of the water-inspired design competition that celebrates AquaTekture, the discipline of erecting water environments with consideration to functionality, space, and aesthetics.

Revel in the extraordinary expressions of water-inspired architecture known as AquaTekture Discover the vision and construction challenges imaginative designers faced to craft the inspirational designs shown here. Unconventional, daring, and creative are only some of the words used to describe these pools, spas, and water environments. Now in its third year, the Global AquaTekture Visionary Awards (GAVA) features 59 exceptional installations. View magnificent visions of artisans who garnered these coveted awards. Over 190 color photos take you on a private tour around the globe to view...

Over 180 stunning color images will take you through a tour of GAVA (Global AquaTekture Visionary Awards) worthy pool, spa, and water environment concepts from open ranchland to inner city estates, from beach front properties in Australia to a villa in Portugal. The visionaries who created the 66 award-winning projects presented here reached past the mundane, the ordinary, or the expected to deliver memorable, distinctive, and noteworthy applications. The fourth annual water-inspired design competition lured architects, interior designers, builders, and designers from across the globe to...