Swimming pools designs : Specializing in the Unusual

Specializing in the Unusual

Brian Van Bower, SWD, Andrew Kaner, MLA, and the entire team at Aquatic Consultants are internationally recognized leaders in the design and planning of pools, spas, water features, ponds, and outdoor living areas. After a long, highly acclaimed career as both designer and contractor, Van Bower now chooses to focus all of his time and energy on the creative side.

“We strive to seamlessly integrate water to complement natural and built components on a site,” Van Bower says. “Water is such a fabulous medium to work with. It can act as a calm, reflective, mirror-like surface, repeating natural beauty as well as architecturally significant elements. Water can transcend elevations, fill spaces, and lift spirits. We like to make our projects representative of our individual clients in subtle ways.”

The firm works with designers, architects, contractors, landscape architects, and directly with homeowners everywhere to create water as art, while also maintaining and specifying the highest functional standards. The team provides detailed plans and specifications for all areas of their projects—which can be extremely earth-friendly with proper hydraulic efficiency design, rainwater harvesting, alternative heating and sanitizing options, variable-speed pumps, and more.

Aquatic Consultants, Inc., is known for specializing in unusual, innovative, and conceptual designs and for providing a particularly high level of service to its clients. The company’s goal is to exceed expectations in every way.

Aquatic Consultants’ work has been featured in print and television media, including CNBC’s “On the Money,” Architectural Digest, Tycoon magazine, “Bob Vila’s Home Again” TV show, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Millionairemagazine, Home & Garden Television, “CBS Sunday Morning,” and a recent book, Dream Pools. Its innovative projects have received more than 100 design awards over the years, and it was one of three recipients of the Society of Watershape Designers’ “Award of Distinction.”

Brian Van Bower is president and one of the founding partners of the Genesis Design Group, an international educational design/construction consortium that is dedicated to being the resource for those with higher expectations in watershape design, and is also certified in the Society of Watershape Designers. 

“Our passion for working with water in and around beautiful living environments drives our designs and enhances both our clients’ and our enjoyment of the end result,” Van Bower concludes.