There are a few hundred “famous fountains” that have transcended being local landmarks and have become part of our global pop culture. They are on the covers of travel books, in movies, people make pilgrimages to them, their symbolism is often key to the branding of their cities. Some of the fountains are big and [...]

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via youtube.com Someone made this video montage of opening day at Bremerton Harborside Memorial Plaza. The shots start at the upper pool, then along the channel to the middle fountain by the ship mast and then down to the lower …

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Today, I wrote a brief online survey about fountains and memory (see link below). I asked three open ended questions: “What is your favorite fountain?”, “What special memories do you have related to fountains?” and “In your opinion what is the most well known fountain in your city (or country)?”. I had a long …

via landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com Some recent water feature designs from a workshop on Contemporary Garden design in Xi’an, China. See full link for more info and images. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

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via newyorker.com Link to the 8-page New Yorker article on the Lincoln Center Revson Fountain, designed by WET. It opened in 2009. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

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via good.is A portable cistern with accessories. It is expensive but I think a product like this really has potential. Click on link to see more info. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

via ireport.com Click on the link to see a gallery of pictures of the Ice heart. Happy V-day! Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

via electricfountain.home.att.net This 1908 fountain in Denver was recently restored and rededicated. I love the original renderings and vintage photos on the Friends of the Electric Fountain Website. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

via romeofthewest.com Great post from the blog “Rome of the West” on the Fountains of St. Louis. The fountain at Maryland Plaza, that I worked on a few years back at WET is featured with pictures + video. Posted via web from Patty Lundeen Hume | Posterous

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(Ignore the pixelization – once it starts the image is clear.) via youtube.com The Brooklyn Museum fountain was designed by WET and opened in 2004. I took this footage of my in progress choreography when the site is still under construction. Posted via web from Patty’s posterous

Photo credit: Jonathan Hume and Phuong Phan-McManamna

My friend Phuong Phan-McManamna sent me more photos, this time of the musical water feature at the Kitsap Conference Center at Bremerton Harborside. Thanks again! It is fun to see these night shots. Originally the lights were all supposed to be white but the city maintenance crew added some colored filters for the holidays. I [...]

via en.wikipedia.org See the wiki article for an overview of the variety of types of Naiads (nymphs) that preside over fountains, wells, springs, streams and brooks. Posted via web from Patty’s posterous

via schemamag.ca Last year, I had an unexpected layover in NYC on the way from LA to Istanbul. Wandering around the city for a few hours I came across a series of Hello Kitty fountains, that were kind of tucked under a building. A little research led me to the artist, Tom Sachs. I particularly [...]

Last week I got back in touch with a classmate that I hadn’t seen since we were in high school together at Laurel School, in Cleveland. Phuong Phan-McManamna is now an architect and LEED AP in Seattle. She and her family now live in Bremerton, Washington and like to play at the Bremerton Harborside water [...]

See full post at apartmenttherapy.com. Luis Barragán is one of my favorite architects and the possibility that he may have designed this residential fountain in Los Angeles is really exciting. I came across this article in the LA Times Home and Garden section last year. I’d love to see it in person… More on Luis [...]

Right: Mayor Lee of Seoul When I was in Korea last spring a colleague took me to visit Cheonggyecheon, a restored creek and greenway in Seoul. We stopped on the way to dinner, so I didn’t get the time to explore the entire length of the project, but what I saw was really exciting. …

I just purchased 12 square inches of land in Detroit as part of the Loveland project. I was fortunate not to have to take out a loan as this investment only set me back $12 dollars. I have so many ideas for Detroit. I want to build something that will help promote tourism in the [...]

I took these photos of Villa d’Este in 2002, when I was in Italy for the Landscapes of Water conference in Barri. Villa d’Este, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a great hillside water estate, built between 1550-1572 in Tivoli, near Rome. The estate was commissioned by Cardinal d’Este. Pirro Ligorio and Alberto Galvari designed [...]

What is Fountain Friday? Starting in 2010, every Friday I am going to be blogging about a different historic fountain or water feature. I want to skip around the world and through time to look at how people have used water features as social, economic, environmental and artistic engines. I am kicking off the series [...]

Here are a few pictures that I took at Parque del Este in Caracas in 2001. The park was designed by Roberto Burle Marx in 1956.

As many of you know, I worked for WET for seven years designing and master planning water features. We traveled all over the world and worked on many landmark projects with a team of talented people.  It is exciting and rewarding to work with water and to create experiences that touch so many people. Random [...]