The designer placed a multi-tiered waterscape toward the back of the yard. The bottom pool is shaped like an ellipse.
“It’s a shape that I am personally very fond of,” Lombardi says. “A pure ellipse is a measured, really geometric form that you can create through a formula. So it isn’t random. But it takes geometry and starts to fray it a little bit and take it to a place that’s become more natural.”
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.”
