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| When construction-savvy designers join forces with design-sensitive contractors, say Randy and Martha Beard, the results can be spectacularly satisfying. That's one reason they've focused so much of their work at Pure Water Pools on forming alliances with local landscape architects; another is the fact that the give and take with creative people involves them in projects that are a distinctive cut above anyone's definition of the ordinary. |
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Both Sides Now
By Randy & Martha Beard
The way we see it, the most successful watershapes take two participants: a visionary designer who can express the clients' desires, and an accomplished builder who can turn that creative vision into reality.
Sometimes, the designer and builder are one and the same person or organization. In many other instances, however, it is the collaboration of two professionals from opposite ends of a project that makes the difference between a watershape that is simply a watershape - and a watershape that is truly a work of art.
We at Pure Water Pools in Costa Mesa, Calif., have been fortunate through the past 20 years to have worked with many of the most talented architects and landscape architects who work in our area and have been even more fortunate to have developed strong relationships with several of these professionals. One of our most productive partnerships has been with landscape architect Dave Pedersen, a designer who serve upscale residential clients along the coast.
His signature is his remarkable ability to incorporate his clients' personal style with the outdoor structures he's called upon to design. We've worked with him on several projects through the years, and we'll be using two of them here to illustrate exactly how the collaboration has worked. |
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