| 127 T T Kim Newth Winning pool honours designer’s legacy Acacia’s impressive entry was named ‘Swan Song’ as a heartfelt tribute to pool and landscape designer Mark Cashmore. POOL INDUSTRY 2024 SPASA Awards: Acacia Landscapes & Pool Construction A high level of creativity, professionalism and innovation was evident at the 2024 New Zealand Swimming Pool and Spa ssociation (SPASA) Awards of Excellence, but ultimately a contemporary pool and spa combo by Acacia Landscapes & Pool Construction stood out as the best. In winning the 2024 New Zealand Pool of the Year, Paul and Claire Fuller, who own and operate the Tauranga-based Acacia, are thrilled with the accolade that acknowledges an innovative design overcoming space limitations. Elevated above ground level, the elegant pool and spa design includes a curved water feature that serves as a graceful substitute for traditional pool fencing and provides a commanding focal point for the property. Seamlessly blending form and function, this private oasis also won a Gold award and was named New Zealand’s best 2024 Concrete Pool & Spa Combination. Acacia’s impressive entry was named ‘Swan Song’ as a heartfelt tribute to pool and landscape designer Mark Cashmore. This was his final pool and landscape design before losing T T to page 128 a cancer battle. Paul and Claire, who dedicated their win to Mark, are proud to honour his legacy and say Mark’s visionary talent transformed spaces through a unique blend of aesthetics and design over three decades. “At the start of this project, he spent nearly a whole day looking at the area and observing where the sun came up, where it set and figuring out how the pool would be positioned,” says Paul, noting that Mark had also designed their previous NZ Pool of the Year winner in 2022. “At the start of this project, he spent nearly a whole day looking at the area and observing where the sun came up, where it set and figuring out how the pool would be positioned.” www.naked-pools.com Austral would like to congratulate Acacia Landscapes on their success at this years SPASA awards The crystal clear breakthrough in backyard pools is FreshWater. www.austral.co.nz
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