When Bartell was hired to design this substantial backyard, there only existed a large swimming pool in the middle of the property with grass extending 3 feet back. Beyond that there was just dirt.
The pool was centered to the back door of the home, so Bartell used that orientation to organize the space.
“There’s a central axis starting at the back door that goes all the way to the end of the property,” she says. “It goes right to the middle of the pool. Then there are cross axis points on that as you go from the house out to the rest of the property.”
Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”
