Grotto Waterfall
The project
A freeform pool under live oaks with natural boulder waterfalls, a fibre-optic lit grotto, a raised spa with fire bowls and a timber pergola.
Built into a grove of live oaks, this pool is all about the rockwork. Two natural boulder waterfalls feed the pool, one through a grotto lit with fibre-optic stars; a raised spa with fire bowls sits on a stone terrace beside a timber pergola. Flagstone pads float across the shallow end. By moonlight the grotto glows blue and the oaks are uplit — the photographs were taken for exactly that.
- ArchitectureHill Country ranch
- ChallengeBoulders weighing several tons placed by crane between protected oaks.
- EngineeringEngineered boulder placement; grotto structure with independent waterproofing.
- MaterialsNatural Texas boulders, flagstone, glass-tile waterline.
- Designer / builderGB IV Designs
- PhotographyJimi Smith Photography
- Freeform pool
- Boulder waterfalls
- Fibre-optic grotto
- Raised spa with fire bowls
- Timber pergola
- Floating flagstone pads
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