Author : Maria Svarbova
Publisher : NHP Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,4 MB
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Photography of interiors
ISBN : 9789187815157
Sterile, geometric beauty of old pools, many built in the Socialist era, set the tone for these photographs.
Author : Jeff Wiltse
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 28,51 MB
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0807888982
From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in the United States, Jeff Wiltse relates how, over the years, pools have served as asylums for the urban poor, leisure resorts for the masses, and private clubs for middle-class suburbanites. As sites of race riots, shrinking swimsuits, and conspicuous leisure, swimming pools reflect many of the tensions and transformations that have given rise to modern America.
Author : Lou Stoppard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,55 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Photography
ISBN : 084786586X
A celebratory ode to the joy and enduring allure of the swimming pool, and a gorgeous photography book to accompany poolside daydreaming. Glamorous, seductive, and fun, made for lounging, frolicking, splashing, dipping, diving, floating, and escaping, swimming pools are symbols of both sport and leisure and conjure images of well-oiled bodies, colorful bikinis, and glimmering blue waters on hot summer days. Muse to writers, artists, photographers, and filmmakers, the swimming pool's careless opulence is splashed across the pages of this book in gorgeous images by contemporary photographers. In her second book for Rizzoli, curator, writer, and avid swimmer Lou Stoppard offers the promise of sunshine and the seduction of youth in her edit of some of the best contemporary swimming-pool photography. Organized by theme, from the glamour of the poolside party to the simple, meditative pleasure of being in the water, the selected photographs are as inspiring as they are moving. Photographers whose images are featured in this book include Sølve Sundsbø, Glen Luchford, Stephen Shore, Mert & Marcus, Diana Markosian, Martin Parr, Martine Franck, Alex Webb, Alice Hawkins, and Nick Knight. This is the perfect gift purchase for photography fans, swimmers, and lovers of leisure.
Author : Wim Pauwels
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 23,88 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9789089441201
Showcases a compilation of the most beautiful and inspirational swimming pools from the past ten years.
Author : Michael Littlewood
Publisher : Schiffer Design Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780764321832
A guide to natural swimming pools that rely on a balance of plants and micro-organisms to clean and purify the water.
Author : Philip H. Perkins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2000-02-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0419235906
The fourth edition of this classic book provides a comprehensive treatise on the design and construction of swimming pools, both public and private. Significantly revised, it covers planning, materials, design, construction and finishing, water circulation and treatment, energy conservation, maintenance and repairs. This is a standard book for all civil engineers who need to design and construct swimming pools, and a useful reference on the design of water-retaining structures.
Author : Wolfram Kircher
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,6 MB
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Ecological landscape design
ISBN : 9780993389214
Natural swimming pools are the biggest news for gardeners since green roofs. The water is cleaned by aquatic plants instead of chlorine so it is gentle on the eyes and healthy for swimmers. These self-cleaning ecosystems are beautiful to look at and provide a valuable water source for dragonflies, honeybees and other beneficial insects. Wolfram Kircher has researched extensively into the low-nutrientdependent plants that are needed for the surrounds of natural swimming pools and the high-nutrient dependent plants that are required for the regeneration zone. In the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling. The authors have installed pools for decades and trialled different systems and plants to come up with the best possible designs.
Author : Philip H. Perkins
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 2000-02-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1135808031
The fourth edition of this classic book provides a comprehensive treatise on the design and construction of swimming pools, both public and private. Significantly revised, it covers planning, materials, design, construction and finishing, water circulation and treatment, energy conservation, maintenance and repairs. This is a standard book for all
Author : Catriona Tudor Erler
Publisher : Storey Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781580173858
A guide to landscaping around pools that provides tips and ideas for choosing the best flowers and plants, descriptions of plants that thrive in a pool environment, and photographs of a variety of different pool landscapes.
Author : David Pagan Butler
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 2011-01
Category : Landscape gardening
ISBN : 9781856230582
Natural swimming pools are kept clean by plants, not chemicals and are healthy environments for both people and wildlife. David Pagan Butler takes you through two projects step by step. The first one is how to build a plunge pool, an ideal nature reserve that you can swim in too ... The second part shows you how to make a much larger natural swimming pool--Container.
