Multi-Level Achievement

Graduated Slope

This installation makes prominent use of gentle changes in elevation, one of Phillips? signatures. That was particularly important here, where the slope was so pronounced.

Phillips created a generous, mid-level deck on one side of the pool to accommodate large furniture, a swim-up bar and a fire pit.

But his approach also extended to the smaller details on the pool itself: Only a couple of inches separate the black planter from the bar countertop, the bar from the vanishing-edge weir, and the catch-basin wall from the deck. “It’s like stacking blocks,” Phillips says.