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The stuff of dreams.(From The Editor)

Aquatics International

| July 01, 2004 | Thill, Gary | COPYRIGHT 2004 Hanley-Wood, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Recently, I've been shopping for a new television. Not just any TV, mind you--the TV. There's some really amazing stuff out there, too. Big-screen plasma jobs with pictures so clear you feel like you can step right into them. Remote controls that do everything but bring you snacks.

The only trouble is, I also have a budget. So as nice as the 52-inch Hitachi flat screen with the super-duper surround sound is, I'm going to have to settle for the stripped-down, 32-inch Apex model. Still, it's nice to dream.

Which brings me to our special summer issue, Dream Facilities of the New Millennium. Just like my TV hunting, hundreds of designers and managers go shopping for new (or newly renovated) aquatics facilities every year. They start out with big dreams, too. Then reality sets in--budgets, land restrictions, vocal minorities--and pretty soon those dreams shrink down from the 52-inch-variety to 32. In fact, some of the most exciting aquatic designs never even see the light of day.

That's where our Dream Facilities issue comes in. We took away all the budgets, all the boundaries and all the roadblocks, and asked 10 designers to give us their dreams. What they came back with surprised and delighted us--and maybe even the designers themselves. ...

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