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.

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Rebecca Robledo

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.”

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