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Published on: 2/14/2003
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Water features, said Ken Landry, a landscape architect with Landmark Development Group, fit perfectly into the Mediterranean vernacular so popular in Southwest Florida architecture."The villas of Italy, France and Greece use a lot of water," he said."Water is very important to them, and is literally captured from natural springs in the mountain."
Landmark's villa neighborhoods in Mediterra, a 1,697-acre community in Naples, introduce water features in a number of ways, either in smaller more intimate settings that become an integral part of the home or as more formal areas, like those in Medici that embellish waterlines with accent pieces, inserts and fanciful tiles.In some of its villa homes, Landmark has brought the spa into the entry courtyard, where it also doubles as an elegant fountain.Water is also introduced in the garden courtyard entry of the builder's Montecito, a single-family model home in the Padova neighborhood.Water shoots from multiple jets into a raised fountain, giving a "pleasant welcoming feeling," said Landry.
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Water jets, said Landry, "transform a static bit of water and make it feel more like a fountain.