COOLING THE CITY – THE BATTLE AGAINST URBAN HEAT BY JUSTIN HAUAD & MARC COTE Cities are heating up at an unprecedented rate. As urban areas expand, dense infrastructure and heat-retaining materials are amplifying temperatures, making public spaces less inviting and, in extreme cases, uninhabitable. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is forcing cities to […]
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HARNESSING THE POWER OF FOG BY ROBERT MIKULA In the summer, well-designed public spaces serve as gathering points for people of all ages. Among the various elements contributing to their vibrancy, water features stand out for their ability to foster joy and interaction among visitors. A captivating addition to water features has emerged in recent
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WHAT’S THE CHALLENGE? In a nutshell, water feature lighting is limited. Designers often face the challenge of finding a lighting solution that delivers both high-quality colour rendering and a variety of colour options. Typically, lighting in the water feature industry is limited to only RGB, RGBW or standard white options, which offer only a fraction
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Enhance the visual appeal of your water feature using Crystal’s NEW ESpyra. Conceptualization Evolution Sparks Innovation: Transforming Products With Espyra, you have the ability to craft an entirely different and awe-inspiring water effect for your feature, setting your designs apart from the rest. Simulations Product Design Click the video to learn more about ESpyra,
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While the season of warm sweaters, hot chocolate, and indoor activities is fast approaching, preparing for the cold and snowy weather is a must. The question is; are you also preparing your water features for cold temperatures? If you’re not, it’s time. What you need to know: LED Lights can work perfectly in the cold
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It’s a really straightforward water feature, indicative of a lot of designs we’ve been doing lately. Rob Mikula, Director of Creative Design Tweet Via Bloor Parkette A Tridel Condominium Project Toronto’s First Fog Nozzle Feature Consisting of nine fog units connected to the City of Toronto’s water line and working on the city’s pressure, Via
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Combining the right water effect with the most impactful lighting can be a challenge to get right. The many options can lead to confusion and doubt about even incorporating water into a space because of analysis paralysis! Elements to know about include shooting water, still and reflective water-filled pools, and falling water from various heights.
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A great way to make it through summer is to hit an interactive splash deck and cool down, meet up with friends, and make a few new ones. If you’re sitting in a hot office right now, let these interactive splash decks give you a sense of cooling off, even if you can’t get to
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New musical programming for your water feature As the spring season is upon us, many of our clients are updating their water feature show programming, and our in-house programming team has been busy. Like any good DJ, we take requests for the musical shows that become joyful new experiences for those visiting the space, park
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This project was not our first shopping mall collaboration, but it sure was a big one. For the last 20 years, the American Dream Mall (ADM) has been a project set to redefine customer experience in shopping and leisure. The mall was previously known as Xanadu, until in 2011 the Triple Five Group—a Canadian real
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