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5 Amazing Water Features in Landscape Design

In the vein of continuing with the bizarre and whacky....or in this case, cool as hell, Warming Trends presents "5 Amazing Water Features in Landscape Design." Now, just to be clear, we may be blurring the line in terms of what you may consider landscape design as some of these water features are man made natural wonders created from imagination and natural surroundings, others are fountains and pools that live in urban landscapes. The point is, that these are cool designs and inspiring for landscape architects as well as onlookers. Here are 5 of our favorites:

1) The headquarters entrance of Swarovski Crystal in Wattens, Austria.
Daniel Swarovski, born into a glass-cutting family in Bohemia, attended Vienna’s First Electrical Exhibition when he was 21 and dreamed of creating a machine that used electricity to automatically cut crystals. Swarovski patented an electric-powered machine in 1892, to precisely cut glass into multifaceted crystals. This fountain now sits at the entrance to the crystal cutting plant.




2) Crown Fountain in Chicago, Illinois.
This fountain was named in honor of Chicago’s Crown family, and was designed by Jaume Plensa, a Catalan conceptual artist. Being a Chicago native (technically only lived there the first three years of my life), this is a Chicago landmark and also offers a relief from the hot Chicago summers for millions of children and adults located right in the heart of downtowns Lakeshore Drive neighborhood near Millennium Park. If you havent visited this fountain before, the faces on the facade of the structure change every time the fountain is emptied and faces blink, make strange expressions and then ultimately empty their mouths with a stream of water it has filled itself back up.



3) Children’s Fountain by Tom Corbin in Kansas City, Missouri.
A little known fact is that Kansas City, as famous as it is for its bar-b-que, boasts the second most amount of fountains for any city in the world next to Rome in Italy. How about that? If you ever get to visit Kansas City, make sure to hit up the Plaza area where you will see several varieties of these amazing fountains on display.


4) Hydraulophone Fountain
Here you see the Ontario Science Centre hydraulophone flute with 45 finger holes. A hydraulophone is a fountain that can be played as an instrument like a woodwind instrument, using water rather than air. Hydraulophones have multiple “mouths,” or holes, so that the player can put fingers into specific mouths in order to play chords, while independently manipulating each finger for individual control of the notes in a chord. Here a skilled hydraulist demonstrates proper hydraulophone technique.



5) The Fountain Show at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada.
If youve ever been to Las Vegas, you know that everything is larger than life and extraordinary beyond normality. Therefore, you will also know that a must see is the nightly Fountain Show sitting right on the strip right outside of the Bellagio. This choreographed exposition is tantalizing and hypnotizing all at the same time. And there is no better way to express how this show works, than by actually seeing it with your own two eyes (or one depending on your vision capabilities). So here ya go, for you to see:



Now we here at Warming Trends realize that this blog states nothing about custom outdoor fire pits, which is what we do, but what we do know, is that fire and water DO mix in landscape design if achieved correctly. There is nothing better than a water and fire feature that balances out a landscape design plan.


Two natural elements, fire and water, dont compete for attention in landscape design, but rather add a sense of balance and serenity to outdoor living spaces. So if you are into that sort of thing, check us out online or call us today and well be happy to help you with your landscape design plans including fire and water. 1-877-566-5255.

Sources:
http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/worlds-most-bizarre-and-intriguing-water-fountains/art

http://www.travelingwiththejones.com/2010/09/30/destination-discovery-the-swarovski-crystal-worlds-wattens-austria/