EDITOR'S PICK IN 12TH ANNUAL DESIGN AWARDS
February 01, 2005
Barrett Kilmer, Managing Editor of Aqua Magazine, chose the Aqua Pool's South Windsor, CT project as his editor's pick in the 12th Annual Design Awards Competition.
He writes, "I guess you could say I'm a follower of the less-is-more aesthetic, and that's why I chose this project as my favorite.
The overall look is anything but natural. In fact, it's aggressively unnatural, but that's what I like about it. It's as austere and elegant as pools get, while at the same time it appeals to all of the reasons I like swimming pools. It's length is perfect for a novice underwater swimmer like myself, who could, with practice, probably get from one side to the other without taking a single breath. "And with a little more practice, I could probably do it the long way, too.
I'm also the father of a 4-year-old son, and I can picture the two of us practicing breathing and kicking, then taking a time-out on one of the simple triangular benches on either side of non-spa end of the pool. But above all, I love the granite coping and the way the lawn comes to within a couple of feet of the water. The pool may fill with grass clippings (I guess they probably use a bagger), but since it's not really my pool, coolness wins out over convenience".