Lines that connect
Pool edges, steps, and elevations respond to the home and the natural movement across the site.
Water · architecture · light
Custom pools,
drawn into place.
Aurum designs pools, spas, and water elements as architecture—aligned to the home, fitted to the site, and detailed for the way the property is used.
The service
A pool should belong to the property before it belongs in a photograph.
Custom pool design begins with relationships: the waterline to the finished floor, the long view from inside the home, the path from shade to sun, and the point where stone meets planting. Those decisions determine whether the pool feels integrated or added later.
Aurum develops the pool as part of the exterior architecture. The plan can include pool and spa geometry, steps and ledges, water features, coping, decking, equipment placement, lighting, material selections, and the transitions to adjacent outdoor rooms and landscape. Site conditions, drainage, access, and permitting constraints are reviewed as the design advances.
Designed for use, not just appearance
Entertaining, exercise, play, quiet evenings, and year-round visual presence ask different things of a pool. We define the primary use early, then shape depth, circulation, shade, seating, and lighting around that purpose. The result is a clear concept with fewer arbitrary features and better connection to daily life.
Transitions resolved
Coping, plaster, tile, stone, and metal are selected as a coordinated palette, not isolated samples.
Light after sunset
Underwater and landscape lighting are considered together so the pool remains composed at night.
Material intelligence
Where the water meets the edge matters.
Pool character is often decided in the smallest junctions: a clean waterline, a consistent stone module, a drain that disappears into the paving, and equipment placed away from the experience of the yard. These details are resolved during design so they can be carried into construction intentionally.
Process
From site reading
to first swim.
Read the site
Study architecture, grades, access, sun, views, privacy, and existing systems.
Set the concept
Define geometry, use, major elevations, and how the water relates to the larger property.
Resolve details
Coordinate finishes, lighting, equipment, documentation, and construction decisions.
Realize the build
Manage the approved scope through construction, commissioning, and final review.
Make the waterline part of the architecture.
Tell us about your Austin or Central Texas property and the role you want the pool to play.
Start a pool conversation