A long rectilinear courtyard pool designed for both evening entertaining and seamless visual connection to the home — anchored by a covered cabana, structural cactus planting and considered up-lighting throughout.
A backyard transformed into a calm, considered courtyard — long rectilinear pool, crazy paving travertine deck, white slatted feature wall and the warm glow of integrated up-lighting at twilight.
The clients wanted a pool that worked as both a visual centrepiece and a private retreat. The space is overlooked on multiple sides, so privacy was a primary consideration — but the brief also called for the pool to feel like a continuation of the home's interior, not a separate amenity bolted on out the back.
The covered cabana on one side needed to flow seamlessly into the entertaining space, and the architecture demanded a clean, contemporary palette with natural texture to soften it.
We designed a long rectilinear pool that runs the length of the courtyard, drawing the eye through the space and making the relatively narrow site feel deliberately expansive. The crazy paving travertine deck (hand-laid) introduces organic stone texture against the white slatted feature wall — the slats themselves cleverly hide the property boundary and create the layered shadow lines that catch the up-lighting at dusk.
Structural cactus and grass planting along the perimeter softens the architecture and reinforces the calm, considered aesthetic. The white sun loungers and rendered planters keep the palette restrained. From inside the home, the floor-to-ceiling glazing frames the pool as a living artwork — the pool becomes part of the daily experience of being inside, not just a destination outside.
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