Three main goals drove the design and construction of this one-of-a-kind pool. First, the homeowners wanted a backyard that embodied their lifestyle. Second, they wanted the design to exemplify the unique character of the home, which is part of a Taliesen designed community, where each house has the Frank Lloyd Wright esthetic. Third, they wanted the pool and landscape to be harmonious and serve as an extension of the indoor living spaces.
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Published in Phoenix Home & Garden, September 2011
“Elegance and Comfort Meld in a Designer’s Own Residence” (excerpt)
Rows of pavers intersected by grass lead to a wood trellis with grape-bearing vines and a tiled fire pit, with its displays of porcelain spheres. All designed by Kirk Bianchi, a Phoenix Home & Garden, Master of the Southwest. [click to continue…]
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Published in Phoenix Magazine, March 2008
For decades, residents have spent most of the valley’s hot summers wading in ordinary homemade ponds called swimming pools. “What a travesty,” pool designer, Kirk Bianchi says, “These could be sacred pools.”
After studying architecture at Arizona State University in the late 80′s, and after reading about an ex-fisherman who was creating custom water features and swimming pools, Bianchi fell in love with the idea. So he went to work for him and gave up the suit-and-tie gig completely. Now he makes pool design a higher form of art – from reflective pools fed by serene fountains to raised 360-degree vanishing-edge swimming pools with sleek handrails.
“My niche is the fusion of the three disciplines- Pools, landscapes, and exterior architecture, for the ultimate fusion of outdoor lifestyle design,” Bianchi says.
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When you were growing up, did you ever climb up into the neighbor kid’s tree house? Wasn’t it neat to be way up there in your own hideout where no one could see you – but you could see everyone? Didn’t you feel powerful, and a bit mischievous, as though you could dream of just about anything?
Contrast that feeling of seeing to one of being seen. Picture yourself standing on the field of a football stadium or on stage in a grand auditorium. What a sense of exposure that is, looking up at all those seats and thinking of so many eye, all on you. [click to continue…]
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Master Architectural Landscape Designer, Kirk Bianchi discusses the Serenity in your Own Backyard. This Award Winning Pool Builder and Landscape Designer incorporates the surrounding environment into his eclectic vision.
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Pool Builder and Landscape Architectural Designer Kirk Bianchi’s Master Creation is Profiled on Phoenix Channel 3′s Good Morning Arizona. This Contemporary Masterpiece includes a 2 Story Waterfall, Negative Edge Pool and Secluded Jacuzzi. Bianchi’s Artistic Vision was also Featured in Aquascape Magazine.
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When it comes to shaping space, furniture placement is as important as any other element of a design. I have seen many a design that was done without the furniture on the plan, and that is exactly why it did not work once the chairs and tables were introduced.
In many cases, the plan doesn’t incorporate enough space to support the number of guests the family actually plans to invite, nor the traffic flow required to get people through the area without tripping over each other.
Before I begin designing a space, I always ask my clients how many people will be using the space. Their answers tell me the number of furniture pieces required, which helps determine how much decking is needed and how much space to allow for free movement between areas of the yard. Form follows function.
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For those of you who think all this artsy talk about space and shape is a bit superfluous or philosophical for your taste, I have a couple of questions:
* What is the difference between a professional building painter and a muralist? They both paint walls.
* What is the difference between a professional horticulturist and a knowledgeable landscape architect? They both specify planting details.
The professionals in the first group have chosen to focus their expertise to the technical and mechanical side of their chosen fields. Those in the second group, on the other hand, have chosen to increase their skills in the art of “why.”
Both are essential to the process, but bring different things to the table. Which are you?
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