Commercial DesignCommercial DesignDESIGNED TO PERFORM, BUILT TO IMPRESS.
Water environments that photograph beautifully and run efficiently, year after year.
DESIGNED TO PERFORM, BUILT TO IMPRESS.
Water environments that photograph beautifully and run efficiently, year after year.
A RESORT POOL HAS TWO JOBS
The moment, and the morning afterThe first job is obvious: create something worth remembering, worth photographing, worth booking a room for. The second is invisible: be serviceable by a real team on a real schedule, at a running cost the property can live with.
Designs that only do the first job become the property’s most expensive problem. We design for both from the beginning, because we’re usually the ones maintaining it afterwards.
DESIGN & ENGINEERING SERVICES
Master planning and concept development
Feasibility studies and site analysis
Hydraulic, filtration, and circulation engineering
Themed rockwork and naturalistic environments
Lagoons, streams, ponds, and lakes
Fountains, water walls, and interactive features
Health department, building code, and ADA coordination
Construction documentation and specifications
Value engineering and lifecycle cost modeling
FOR ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS
we’re used to being one voice in a large roomWe work alongside design teams from schematic through construction administration, coordinating with architects, landscape architects, structural and MEP engineers, and the property’s own operations team.
We’re equally comfortable delivering a design package for competitive bid or carrying a project through design-build. Whichever route makes sense, we’ll tell you early what will and won’t work in this climate, on this site, at this budget.
WHAT WE CAN DESIGN
Waterfalls and natural rock formations
Ponds, streams, and lagoons
Fountains and water walls
Shallow lounging shelves and beach entries
Custom tile, plaster, and pebble finishes
Night lighting and automation
Spas, spillovers, and swim-up seating
Infinity and vanishing edges
OUR WORK
From resort lagoons and hotel pools to private waterfalls and infinity edges. Four decades of work, nine countries, and it all started here in Hawaiʻi.
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![A rooftop swimming pool surrounded by lounge chairs, with greenery and palm trees, flanked by tall blue glass apartment buildings, overlooking a cityscape with additional high-rise buildings and mountains in the background during sunset.]()
The Park Keʻeaumoku
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![Modern high-rise building with curved glass windows and a protruding glass balcony, reflecting the cloudy sky.]()
Anaha
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![Indoor pool area with a view of a beach and palm trees outside. There is a curved seating area with cushions and a fire pit, with three people sitting around it. The ceiling has modern design elements and the water reflects the surroundings.]()
The Ritz-Carlton Oʻahu, Turtle Bay
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![Luxury hotel rooftop pool area with lounge chairs and umbrellas, overlooking lush green trees and the ocean in the background.]()
Victoria Place
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![Luxury rooftop balcony with outdoor seating, a pool, and an ocean view at sunset.]()
Waiea Grand Penthouse
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![Infinity pool overlooking a marina filled with sailboats, palm trees, and a partly cloudy blue sky.]()
Prince Waikiki
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![Luxury beachfront hotel with an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, featuring sunbeds and thatched cabanas, mountain in the background during sunset.]()
1 Hotel Hanalei Bay
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![Empty outdoor swimming pool with white lounge chairs along the edge, surrounded by potted plants and patio furniture.]()
The Laylow Waikiki
TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY
Send us a few photos and a sense of what you’re imagining. We’ll come out, take a look, and talk it through.