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haute property EYE ON DESIGN Colorado Pool + Spa Scapes melds form and function. If you have ever admired a pool, spa, or water feature on this side of the Continental Divide, chances are it is part of Colorado Pool + Spa Scapes' impressive portfolio. Based in Glenwood Springs, the company has worked with homeowners, architects, and landscape architects in the region for more than 30 years. "They'll come with ideas or schematic designs for everything from infinity- edge pools and spas to complex hotel installations," says company partner and general manager Marshall Foote. "We'll work on design, engineering, and turnkey construction." This massive moss rock streamway by Judge + Associates leads to a subterranean wine cellar. continued from page 139 enough on its own, the streamway also provides access to the owners' subterranean wine cellar. "It's an artistic, function-based water feature," he says. "You walk on stepping stones in the stream- bed and under the waterfall, which is programmed to turn off when the door of the home opens and back on after entering the wine room. It's quite experiential." Valerie Yaw, principal of Aspen's Bluegreen (bluegreenaspen.com), was faced with the opposite challenge when engaged to design landscaping for a home on an especially steep site. Working closely with the home's builders to shape the architectural form into four levels, Yaw's team created a series of tiered gardens within the natural context of the site. The centerpiece of the lowest garden is a stone- wrapped saline lap pool with an infinity edge, evocative of an ancient water collection basin. "The tiered gardens, while of a distinctly contem- porary aesthetic, find focus and finality at the 140 aSPenPeak-magazine.Com infinity-edge pool," Yaw says. "The reflections of the rugged landscape within the mirrored surface are a perfect complement to the pockets of plants that soften the pool's strong lines." Beyond the pool, a 20-foot, sharply edged waterfall runnel is set into limestone walls. The water connects upper dining terraces to lower entertaining terraces, and the resulting aeration supports a symbiotic environ- ment of plants and fish in the basins. tures Whether for fantasy or function, water fea- speak to the beauty of our natural environment, and bring it all home in style. AP Part of a four-tiered garden created by Bluegreen to accommodate a steep yard. Over the years, the company has been involved in such high-profile projects as the exterior water feature at The Aspen Institute's Doerr-Hosier Center and the waterspouts, tumble-buckets, and other features that are part of the outdoor pool at the Snowmass Recreation Center. High-end residential projects also can be quite creative. "Nowadays architectural features are being scaled down a bit, but there's an emphasis on better materials and function," Foote explains. "We're seeing things like indoor water walls with catch basins that help increase humidity, and entry water features that create a central point of sound. Very natural-looking." coloradopoolscapes.net A residential pool project by Colorado Pool + Spa Scapes, framed by Aspen Mountain.