FAUX GROTTOES, CASCADING WATERFALLS, AMOEBAshaped outlines, corkscrew waterslides, and athletically sprung diving boards—pool design has long been a fertile font of hedonistic experimentation. But the latest trend in upscale pools reveals a different impulse: a back-to-simplicity, less-is-more desire to create watery retreats that position the pool as a beautiful, integral part of a home’s architecture or a cohesive element of the larger landscape.
“It’s more of a ref lecting pond in the garden,” says designer Madeline Stuart, noting that she has recently been working with numerous clients on longer, narrower rectangular pools. “They would rather have something that’s elegant and narrow and that doesn’t overtake the yard. The idea of this ginormous pool that can accommodate dozens of people—that’s for the YMCA.”
Devon Dobson, president of Connecticut-based bespoke-pool company Litchfield County Pools,…
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ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2019