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Seductive Rhythms: Larchmont, NY

Program: 15' x 30' pool with integral spa, sun shelf, and automatic cover. Pool-side lounge areas with connective walkways, stepping stones with turf joints, outdoor shower, built-in grill, plantings, and lighting.

Narrative: A surgical approach was required in order to accommodate the owner’s program in a compact space on Long Island Sound with overlapping zoning constraints. Time tables for construction were scheduled around low tide, and extensive dewatering measures were required in order to install an engineered mat slab on which to anchor the pool. The perpetual motion of waves and tides, coupled with colorful plantings that change with the seasons, define a space that beckons its users with seductive rhythms.

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Larchmont NY Poolscape

Owner Testimonial: “Sean was the primary architect and landscape designer for our pool and backyard revamp project, and served as project manager throughout the construction process. His design aesthetic (in a very tight and complicated space) was absolutely phenomenal and he came up with ideas that were totally beyond anything we could have imagined ourselves. He has a meticulous attention to detail and also works in a wonderfully collaborative manner and is highly attuned to our desires and personal preferences. As important, Sean served as the single stabilizing force in an otherwise chaotic and stressful project (due to unforeseen circumstances and a dysfunctional pool company). If not for Sean’s steady presence and his remarkable ability to negotiate different personalities, the project never would have been completed (no exaggeration). We have worked with countless architects, designers, and contractors on multiple projects and can assuredly say that Sean is in a class of his own both in terms of his innate ability and his professionalism.  We cannot recommend him with any more enthusiasm.” - Jonathan T.

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