Contemporary Asian Pools And Gardens [Hardcover]

Chamsai Jotisalikorn (Author), Karina Zabihi (Author), Luca Invernizzi Tettoni (Author), Chami Jotisalikorn (Author)

Book Description

Series: Contemporary Asian Home Series | Publication Date: June 15, 2005

Contemporary Asian Pools and Gardens showcases the continent's most spectacular modern gardens and water features. Private swimming pools and gardens have increasingly become an integral part of modern living spaces and you don't necessarily have to live in a house to have one. This book in the Contemporary Asian Designs series includes special chapters on walkways, lighting, fences, gates and roof gardens, as well as the latest in infinity, lap, communal, plunge pool and rooftop pools, displaying some of the most sought-after designs in the region.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Contemporary Asian Pools and Gardens is at its Zen best in the integration of water features with contemporary gardens and the modern homes that go with them."Metropolitan Home

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Periplus Editions (June 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794601766
• ISBN-13: 978-0794601768
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,344,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Asians Just Seem to do Pools Better, August 17, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Contemporary Asian Pools And Gardens (Hardcover)

I don't know why, but it seems that the Asian, and particularly the tropical Asian artechiture has a much better understanding of the use of water, expecially flowing water than we do in this country. Particularly they seem to have a sense of combining water with stone and wood that gives a serene look often missing in the usual US designs.

This is a spectacular picture book of mostly small pools incorporated into the private garden of a house. They are mostly located in Bali, Singapore and Thailand. The architecture of the houses that go with these pools, often just an outside porch is all you can see, reflect the climate of these tropical locations.

As with all such books, this is an idea book that first is pleasing to the eye, and second can be used in the design of the new house you are working on.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Saddened, September 29, 2005

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Carolyn Sheehan (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contemporary Asian Pools And Gardens (Hardcover)

I was disappointed that so many of the photos were taken at the same locations and used thoughout the book - I would have preferred to see additional sites. I was very excited by the cover photo but I'm afraid that I was left very ho-hum by the end of the book, not only by the duplicates, but even the chosen sites were not as dazzling as I imagined they would be from that part of the world. I had planned to purchase other books in this series but now that is very doubtful.

4.0 out of 5 stars Have Seen Better, August 16, 2007

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Book Worm (W. Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Contemporary Asian Pools And Gardens (Hardcover)

Although beautifully photographed and living up to its title of "Contemporary" (was printed in 2005), I have seen better pools and gardens in Asia (having lived there for 10 years). I felt the author/editor needed to have dug a little more deeply to find more enchanted gardens, of which there are many throughout the region. Overall, it didn't inspire me, a bit boring and the colour of the photographs is a bit bleached out.