Master Pools Guild

See incredible pool pictures in these advertisements that are appearing in luxury pools related magazines. "Owning the most beautiful pool in the world ... Begins with a Master Pools Guild builder!"

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Gib-San Pools Ltd.,  Toronto ON

Pool & Spa News detailed the "Quiet Revolution" that has taken place at Gib-San Pools of Toronto as they restructured their company over the past decade to being the first pool company in the world to employ ISO quality management systems that contributed to the incredible growth of the company.  The systems have been instrumental in them being able to take on projects in far away places such as the Caribbean and Europe.

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Prestige Pools & Spas Inc., Edmond, OK

Pool & Spa News profiled a renovation job by Prestige Pools & Spas in their article "Rags to Riches" that showed how a dilapidated pool was turned into a backyard retreat for a busy executive and his family.  The original typical kidney-shaped pool was transformed with a vanishing edge, spillover spa, poolside cabana and dozens of other features into a majestic aquascape.  The article reviews the stages of the transformation.

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Prestige Pools Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Pool & Spa Living magazine featured a pool by Prestige Pools of Las Vegas in their special article titled Showplaces - Inground Pools with a Designer's Touch which talks about trends in pool features as Americans seek out ways of having their pools the stunning centerpiece of an outdoor family recreation setting.

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Eleven of Top Fifty Pools Builders in USA are Guild members

In the 2006 survey by Pool & Spa News August 21st issue, Members of the Master Pools Guild held eleven of the "Top Fifty Builders" positions in the United States.  Here are the rankings based on total construction revenue:  

Patio Pools & Spa of Tucson, Arizona
Shasta Pools & Spas of Phoenix Arizona

Pool & Spa News featured both Patio Pools & Spa and Shasta Pools & Spas in this special article about Holy Water - water features, ponds and pools that complement religious settings, baptisteries and church interiors. These creations really are spectacular.

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Prestige Pools Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Luxury Pools Magazine featured a pool by Prestige Pools on the front cover as well as in a two page spread titled "Las Vegas Artistry. It shows and describes the multi-tiered and multi-faceted poolscape that integrates the beauty of the architecture of homes with the splendor of the desert area landscape.  Incredible features such as a serpentine-shaped vanishing edge is just the beginning. 

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Gib-San Pools Ltd., Toronto, ON

The Robb Report featured Gib-San Pools in their special story “Water works” – where top water-features designers share their expertise on integrating water into the home landscape. The story acknowledged how committed Gib-San was to quality – referencing them being the first pool company in the world to achieve ISO quality management certification.

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Prestige Pools Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Pool & Spa News featured Prestige Pools in a four-page segment in their Masters of Design feature story. Bill Palmer, President of Prestige, with landscape architect Michael Theilacker discuss how they made water a part of the living environment in their masterpiece pools.

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Gib-San Pools Ltd., Toronto, ON

Pool & Spa News featured Gib-San Pools in a feature story on the Masters of Design. In this four page segment, it shows and describes an unusual project – a large 40 ft. x 80 ft. salt water pool built on the sea shore in Nova Scotia. Ed Gibbs, President, talks about how they designed the diving platform and bridge elements in cedar, to weather like the landscape environment.

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Keith Zars Pools, Inc. San Antonio, TX

Signature Pools & Spas magazine featured a pool and cascading water feature by Keith Zars Pools Inc., a Master Pools Builder in San Antonio. This pool was shown both on the front cover as well as in a two page spread titled Enchanted Evening. According to Keith Zars, President, the goal was to create a beautiful addition to their home while creating a waterway for fitness, entertainment and relaxation.

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MP of Austin / Mowry Pools, Austin, TX

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Maryland Pools, Columbia, MD

Aqua Magazine featured an indoor pool by Maryland Pools in an
article titled "An Inside Job - The hidden gem in Baltimore's Little
Italy" in their September 2003 Issue.  There aren't many homes in
Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood with an indoor swimming pool. But
in this case, the client converted a 100 year old warehouse into a 6500
square foot living space complete with a swimming pool and indoor
fitness room. As the story goes,  the home and pool was featured in a
NBC hit show Homicide. Click to get the full story.

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Prestige Pools & Spa Inc., Edmond, OK

Pool & Spa News featured the ultimate small back yard challenge that Cham Carpenter of Prestige Pools more than met. In this Masters of Design article, they called it the Perfect Fit, because it is amazing how many features were build into this poolscape. Rock, water and fire unite to make a primitive, powerful statement.

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Vaughan Pools & Spas Inc., Jefferson City, MO

Pool & Spa News featured a Vaughan Pool & Spa creation called Stream of Consciousness in their Master of Design series. The three-sided vanishing edge pool looks more mystical than manmade. There is a spa overflowing into a pool, and what appears to be water from the spa cascading down a waterfall to a lake for a deceptively natural-looking aquascape.

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