Water Worlds

Revisage · Editorial A Guide to Water Features Nine guides · three ways in · material throughout

Water Worlds

Explore fountains and water features through the shape of the water, their design language and the setting in which you experience them.

Find your starting point in nine in-depth guides to garden fountains and indoor water features. Explore by water flow, design or setting. Stone, metal and surface finish run through them all.

Finding your way

Form, style and setting overlap.

Each guide explores a distinct subject. Form, style and setting offer three ways to find it. A modern sphere fountain on a patio belongs to several perspectives at once: the guides connect, without one becoming a subcategory of another.

Example: A modern sphere fountain on a patioOne possible combination, rather than a rule.
Form: Sphere Fountains
Style: Modern Water Features
Setting: Patio Fountains
Material: A shared dimensionvaries by feature, across all three

Form, style and setting overlap. The dot represents a feature that combines these perspectives. The dashed outline represents material, a dimension shared by all three.

Form / Water Flow Five guides

Start with what the water does.

These five guides begin with water in motion: where it emerges, how it falls or flows, and the surface, edge or shape that defines it. Explore whichever principle interests you first.

Rust-coloured metal sphere fountain with water emerging at the top, set in a metal-edged basin with black pebbles on a pale patio — Fig. 01Sphere · Pebbles · Patio

01Form

Sphere Fountains

How does a sphere shape the flow and appearance of water?

Follow water from the outlet across a curved surface, and discover how a sphere creates its distinctive fountain effect.

Stone wall fountain with a carved mask, scrolls and a large basin against a pale garden wall, with a slender stream flowing into the basin — Fig. 02Wall · Spout · Basin

02Form

Wall Fountains

How do wall, spout and basin form a complete wall fountain?

Explore fountains built around a wall, where the back panel, projecting spout and receiving basin form one composition.

Tall dark stone water wall with water running down its surface in a bright living room with a concrete wall, houseplant and sofa — Fig. 03A vertical surface in a room

03Form

Water Walls

What happens when flowing water becomes a vertical surface?

A water wall carries a film of water down a surface. Explore how its height, width and texture change the space around it.

Water falling over a metal spillway into a basin in front of a natural stone wall, on a roof terrace with timber decking and sea views — Fig. 04Edge · Drop · Basin

04Form

Waterfalls & Cascades

How do spillways, drop height and tiers shape a waterfall?

Follow water over a spillway or through a series of tiers, and discover how each drop shapes its appearance and rhythm.

Grey and white veined marble boulder fountain with water emerging at the top, on dark pebbles surrounded by lawn — Fig. 05Stone · Outlet · Pebbles

05Form

Bubbling Rock Fountains

How does water bubble from a stone and flow back over its surface?

A natural stone becomes the fountain itself, with water emerging at the top and flowing over the rock.

The effect resembles a spring; a pump recirculates the water in a closed system.

Material A dimension shared by every guide

Material adds another dimension to every feature.

Stone, metal and surface finish shape a water feature’s appearance and the way water flows over it. They run through all nine subjects, so material connects the guides rather than forming a separate category.

Stone

Veining, cutting and finishing give natural stone its character, from an unworked boulder to a carefully shaped fountain body.

Metal

Corten steel, stainless steel and other metals introduce crisp edges, reflections and colour, changing how a fountain catches the light and its surroundings.

Surface Finish

Rough, honed, polished or mirror finished: the surface helps define the water’s appearance and the feature’s presence in a space.

Style / Architecture Two guides

Two styles, many connections.

Style connects a water feature to its architecture. Modern and classical designs offer different starting points, while allowing room for shared ideas. A wall fountain or a sphere can take either approach.

Rust-coloured metal ring with threads of water falling vertically, in front of a white building with timber cladding and a garden — Fig. 06Ring · Water Threads · Façade

06Style

Modern Water Features

How can a water feature complement contemporary architecture?

Design: Simple geometry, clean edges and uncluttered surfaces.
Context: The house, patio and garden considered as a connected design.

Octagonal stone fountain with a central column, ball finial and three slender water jets, in front of a yellow building — Fig. 07Column · Basin · Moulding

07Style

Classical Garden Fountains

How do classical garden fountains give a place its character?

Design: Traditional forms shaped by proportion, moulding and ornament.
Context: Courtyards, squares and buildings with an established character.

The right style often begins with the house and its surroundings. These guides help you recognise the design language that fits your setting.

Setting / Use Two guides

A water feature’s setting changes how you experience it.

Scale, viewing distance, sightlines and access all matter. Explore what changes when a fountain sits outdoors on a patio or becomes part of an interior.

Metal cube water feature with water flowing over its top, in a basin between planted beds and concrete paving on a patio — Fig. 08Outdoors

08Setting

Patio Fountains

How do fountain, basin, splash zone and access fit into your patio?

Proportion
Splash zone
Access

Tall dark water wall with lighting in its black base, against a pale wall in a living room with a sofa and parquet flooring — Fig. 09Indoors

09Setting

Indoor Water Features

How do the sight and sound of water shape an interior?

Focal point
Sound
Sense of space

How the guides connect

Question, principle, feature.

The aim is to connect advice and product pages with the in-depth guide most relevant to each question.

Advice
Answers your question

Focused advice to help with a specific choice or practical question.
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In-depth Guide
Explains the principle

Explores a water feature’s form, style or setting and the details that matter.
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Product
Introduces the feature

A product page presents an individual fountain or water feature and its characteristics.

An example journey

Your question“Which fountain suits my patio?”
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In-depth GuidePatio Fountains
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ProductExplore suitable models

Guide index

Nine guides. One starting point.

Explore by form, style or setting, or go straight to the guide that answers your question.

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