Water features ยท Sydney
Reflection pools. Integrated spas. Infinity edges. Sculpted spillways. Built to the drawing, finished to match the rest of the project palette, across Sydney since 1968.
Why work with us
A water feature done well is a pool done quietly. Reflection pools, spas, infinity edges, sculpted spillways. The construction is the same as our pool builds. Reinforced concrete, in-house engineering, premium stone and tile.
Most of our water features sit alongside the pools we build, drawn at the same time as the main shell. Some are standalone commissions for architects and landscape teams. One was an African Savannah enclosure pond at a Sydney zoo. The shell does not care what sits on top of it.
What we build
Reflection pools
Integrated spas
Infinity edges
Public commissions
Water walls
Wet edges
Reflection pools hold a still sheet of water for the architecture to sit against. Shallow, dark-lined and dead level, they read as a mirror rather than a pool, and they suit entries, courtyards and the approach to a house.
Integrated spas are formed as part of the pool shell, sharing the same concrete, coping and finish so the spa reads as one piece with the pool rather than a bolted-on tub. Spillover walls let the spa overflow into the main body of water.
Infinity edges and wet edges drop water over a knife-edge wall into a catch tank below, so the surface appears to meet the horizon, the harbour or the garden beyond. They need precise levels and a balance tank, which is engineering we do in house.
Sculpted spillways and water walls move water on purpose. A scupper, a slot or a stone wall gives a garden its sound as well as its look, and can be tuned from a whisper to a steady fall.
Public and commercial commissions ask more of the shell again. We have built naturalistic enclosure ponds, resort water features and rooftop wet edges that carry weight and public loads, on the same commercial licence that covers our commercial pool work.
Whatever the feature, the shell is reinforced concrete engineered for the site, which is why a Wright water feature can be shaped to the drawing instead of the drawing being shaped to a mould.
Where they work
The best water features are decided early, at the same time as the main pool, so the plumbing, balance tanks and levels are built in rather than retrofitted. On a residential build, that means the spa, the wet edge or the reflection pool is drawn into the first design pass alongside the concrete pool itself.
On commercial and architectural projects, water features often carry the design. Wright Pools has built water elements for hotels, a Sydney zoo enclosure and landmark public sites, all engineered to the same standard as the pools around them. If a feature already sits in your drawings, we can build to the architect's detail. If it does not yet, we can help design one that the shell can actually hold.
Common questions