A tennis court is tucked at the back of the property, at the end of the narrow strip. And a tiny garden sits between it and the pool house. The clients wouldn’t stop and savor it very often, Lombardi says, but he wanted something nice for them to walk past on the way to play tennis.
“I felt that we had an obligation to make something there that was interesting,” he says. “It’s this little hidden thing that acts almost as a pause.”
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.”
