Limestone Terrace — Geometric pool with raised spa in Austin, TX by GB IV Designs

Limestone Terrace

LocationAustin, Texas
Project typeGeometric pool with raised spa
Investment range$300,000 – $400,000
Completed2024

The project

A geometric pool cut into a limestone-walled terrace, with a raised dark-tile spa, a scupper wall, a sheer-descent water wall and a fire lounge above.

The lot had already been carved into terraces by its limestone retaining walls, so the pool was fitted to them. A geometric shell with a wide entry stair sits below a raised spa clad in dark glass tile; a mixed-stone wall above it carries three scuppers, and a separate sheer-descent water wall marks the upper terrace beside the fire lounge. Pale coping and black pebble ground cover keep the palette to stone, water and sky.

  • ArchitectureHill Country contemporary
  • ChallengeBuilding between existing engineered retaining walls without disturbing them.
  • EngineeringShell and spa designed to work with the existing retaining structure; scupper manifold in the wall.
  • MaterialsLueders and mixed limestone, dark glass tile, pale porcelain coping.
  • Designer / builderGB IV Designs
  • Geometric pool
  • Raised dark-tile spa
  • Scupper wall
  • Sheer-descent water wall
  • Fire lounge
  • Terraced site

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