Editorial Coverage and Published Articles of Paolo (Paul) Benedetti

Articles & Publications:

• Casual Living Magazine, Reflections on glass tile mosaic pool and spa, November 2014
• AQUA Magazine, Wounded Warrior, September, 2014, page 82
• AQUA Magazine, Avoiding Electrical Missteps (NEC), October, 2014
• Watershapes Magazine – Concrete’s Way, October 22, 2014Watershapes Magazine
• AQUA Magazine – How to Test a Swimming Pool Bonding Grid, June 12, 2014
• Watershapes Magazine – Safe Lighting Around Pools, April 23, 2014
• Pool & Spa News – Triple Threat (integrating multiple edge techniques) April 2, 2013
• Watershapes Magazine – Integrity on Deck October 24, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – The Pitfalls of Pinching Pennies October 10, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Designs with Infinity in Mind, July 25, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Lighting the Way, June 6, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Making Skimmer Lids Vanish, May 23, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Hiding the Uglies – Powder Coated Fittings, May 9, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Spa-side Sleek, April 25, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Planning on Concealment, April 11, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Want to avoid getting “Hosed”?, March 21, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Cool Sensations, March 7, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Truth in Budgeting, February 8, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – Custom Pool or Aquatic Art January 11, 2012
• Watershapes Magazine – What is a Designer, December 7, 2011
• Watershapes Magazine – Checks and Balances, November 9, 2011
• Watershapes Magazine – Learning from an Illusion, October 12, 2011
• Watershapes Magazine – Leveling the Bidding Field, September 28, 2011
• Watershapes Magazine – Beyond Basic Blue: Using Color Theory, May 2011
• Concrete Homes Magazine – Beyond Swimming, March 2011
• Luxury Pools Magazine – The World Registry of Elite Pool Designers & Builders – Moonlight Serenade, Spring 2011
• Dream Home Source, Pool and Spa Designs, Innovative pool and spa designs for your dream home, Spring 2011
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, On Grounding & Bonding, November 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Well-Grounded in Electrical Safety, November 2010
• Luxury Pools Magazine – The World Registry of Elite Pool Designers & Builders – The Finishing Touch, Fall, 2010
• Pool & Spa Marketing (Canada) – Safety Covers: A Creative approach to a complex pool and spa design August, 2010
• Glass Tile Mosaics – Tessellated Stress
• Cracked Glass Tile Mosaics – The Flaw’s Within
• Glass Tile Mosaics – Unexplained Cracking
• Failure of Glass Mosaic Tiles (fracturing)
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Face lift for Face rings June 30, 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Low Bidders – A Cancer on Commerce June 2, 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, All About Soils, May 4, 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Radiant History, April 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Wiring Simplified, February, 2010
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Covering Levels, November, 2009
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Keeping it Clean, August, 2009
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Under Control, June, 2009
• Watershapes Magazine – Quicker Compaction, April, 2009
• Watershapes Magazine – Solutions, Expansive Tendencies, March, 2009
• Dream Home Magazine, Innovative Pool Designs – 2008
• The Wave Magazine 2007 Innovative New Swimming Pool and Spa Designs
• The Wave Magazine 2007 Can a pool raise property value?
• The Wave Magazine 2007 Hot Waters
• CNN / Living August 2007 Make last splash best of the season
• The Street June 2007 Make ‘Em Drip With Envy With a Custom Pool
• WaterShapes Magazine May 2007 – Material Issues: An expert’s guide to finding great sources
• Residential Design & Build June 2007 Creating Dramatic Indoor Pools
• Luxury Real Estate.com Magazine Summer 2005 High-end Pool Trends
• Water Shapes Magazine August 2005 Transit Cubed: Simple Shapes mask a sublime complexity (triple edge detail pool – 1st of it’s kind)
• Homes by Design July 2005 A Splash of Fun
• Luxury Pools Magazine – The World Registry of Elite Pool Designers & Builders – Chauffeur Driven Pools, Why Some Pools Cost More Than Others, Spring 2005
• Luxury Pools Magazine – The World Registry of Elite Pool Designers & Builders, Spring, 2005 Aquatic Art Forms
• Dream Home Source December 2004 Pool Party
• WaterShapes Magazine July 2004 – Protective Measures: Finding ways of “fortifying” Concrete
• Options Summer 2004 Summer 2004 – Outdoor Options
• USA TODAY May 2004 Lifestyles
• Luxury Pools March 2004 The Registry of Americas’ Great Pool Builders
• WaterShapes Magazine February, 2004 – To Protect and Serve: A practical introduction to stonework sealing
• Pool & Spa News – Good Vibrations (Underwater Speakers), February 27, 2004
• Pool & Spa News Januray 30, 2004 Design Corner
• Home Design Style 2003 2003 Design Awards
• Pool Lifestyle Magazine Winter 2003 Design Awards Issue (Winner) – Pool Design of the Year
• Pool & Spa News August 2003 Coverups – Pool Cover Basics
• Pool & Spa News August 2003 Coverups – Lowering the Skimmer
• Pool & Spa News August 2003 Coverups – Masonry Lid Variations
• Home by Design Magazine June/July 2003 Grapes and Grandeur in the Silicon Valley
• WaterShapes February 2003 – Kitchens Of Distinction
• Aqua Magazine November 2002 – The Business Magazine for Spa & Pool Professionals
• Luxury Pools November 2002 – The Registry of Americas’ Great Pool Builders
• Pool & Spa News September 2002 – Going Underground
• Pool & Spa News September 2002 – Upscale Takes on New Meaning
• Lecturer: National Spa & Pool Institute Show, Dallas, TX, Feb. 2001, “Perimeter Overflow Pools.”
• Crystal Fountains, “Another award winning pool,” Spring 2001.
• “Award winning designer builds Easter Seals wheelchair accessible spa (pro bono)”, IPSSAN, July 2001.
• Lecturer – International Pool & Spa Show, Phoenix, AZ, December 2001: “Design & Construction of perimeter Overflow Pools.”
• Pool & Spa News 2002 – Bridging The Gap
• Swimming Pool/Spa Age November 2001 – Creating Water As Art
• Pool & Spa News May 2001 – Subtle Grandeur
• Pool & Spa News March, 2001 – Vanishing Edges: A Review
• WaterShapes magazine March 2001 – Strands Of Light, The ABC’s of Installing Fiberoptic Systems
• WaterShapes Magazine November/December 2000 – An Aerial Assist: Global Positioning Technology & the Mastery of Difficult Terrain
• Swimming Pool /Spa Age, October 2000 – On Site.
• Pool & Spa News, 10/1/97 – The Media Watch
• Pool & Spa News Magazine, 7/23/97 – Good Samaritan

• Spa & Pool Industry Council, Locksin Thompson Memorial Public Service Award, for exhibiting leadership and support of swimming programs for the disabled (Camp Costanoan) 7/1997.
• Pool & Spa Age, December 1996 – Rising Stars
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