Talking Luxury Pools With DESIGN ECOLOGY BY JOE TRUSTY Photo Credit: Jimi Smith Photography
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iscussing luxury pools with Scott Cummings and Benjamin Lasseter of Design Ecology, we found this dynamic duo known throughout the pool industry has produced some incredible jaw dropping backyards over the years. We had the chance to catch up with them to talk shop. Cummings and Lasseter hit it off right away as it turns out. The partners both met back in 2006. Cummings had just relocated from Memphis and began
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working in Austin for the same company where Lasseter was a construction supervisor. Shortly after they decided to start their own Design / Build firm – Design Ecology / Design Aquatics. The venture between the two business partners officially began in 2011. Design Ecology functions as the landscaping architecture / master planning division. While Design Aquatics is the other half of the company which on pool construction and the design and engineering of pools.
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Cummings, a licensed landscape architect, oversees all of the design for the firm. We asked him what it is like working on luxury pools and backyards with some of the most affluent homeowners in Austin. “It’s very easy to walk onto a job site and design something that is going to be great for me and make something that I think is perfect and going to look great.” said Cummings, “The challenge with design, especially with high end clients is they have a specific vision. You have to understand that vision and bring that to life.” continued Cummings. “I always feel it’s important to get to know them as people and get to know their taste, family and lifestyle.” said Cummings, who shepherds their clients throughout the entire design process.
