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  • LA CES logoContinuing Education

    Four decades ago our founder, Dick Chaix, established the concept of an independent fountain consultant. He had a genuine interest in exchanging ideas with industry professionals and fostered an educational approach to working with clients. Following this philosophy, CMS offers courses registered with LA CES that are designed to share the technical and aesthetic experience we've gained through 30 years of designing architectural water features.


    Our presentations are typically 35 minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A and offer one credit hour of continuing education. The New Aesthetic and Engineering of Water in Landscape Design session is a version of the presentation CMS developed for the 2010 National ASLA Meeting. It provides an in-depth discussion concerning the inclusion of water features in your landscape design by considering sustainability that advances Sustainable Sites and LEED credits, overall feasibility, budget, safety and maintenance.

  • LA CES LogoThe New Aesthetic and Engineering of Water in Landscape Design

    An ASLA-Approved Continuing Education Presentation

    As cultural paradigms shift from flamboyance to conservation and stewardship, water feature designs must adapt to these rediscovered sensibilities. This adaptation may soon be required to justify the building of new water features. Through engaging case studies, theoretical discussions, examination of "living systems", and from an engineering as well as an aesthetic perspective, we will compare water effects in terms of energy and water consumption, light pollution, chemical use and discharge, SITE credits and construction budgets.

    Speaker Biography

    Nadine Nemec, ASLA, is a Principal at CMS Collaborative, Inc. where she has worked for over 25 years. She explores innovative, aesthetic and technical water feature solutions with clients, and is the lead designer and manager of water effect and lighting mock-ups. She helped refine solutions for such projects as Chicago's Lurie Gardens, the Seattle Civic Center, and The Pentagon Memorial. Nadine is a passionate world traveler and an enthusiastic student of the symbolic and artistic importance of water throughout diverse cultures.

  • LA CES LogoSchedule & Registration

    CMS is available for presentations in the following regions:

    • Northeast – August 16th through August 25th
    • Washington, DC – September 8th through September 13th
    • Northeast – September 27th through October 8th

    Depending on scheduling, we can also make arrangements to travel to other areas.


    If you would like to schedule a presentation for your firm, please contact Nadine Nemec at nnemec@cms-collaborative.com | 831-359-2808.


    If your firm has scheduled a presentation and you would like to sign up, please contact Pam Pasotti at ppasotti@cms-collaborative.com | 760-873-4000

  • Resource Links

    Cullen SlotThese links and references are intended to provide avenues for information or further study. If you have suggestions for additions or corrections, please email us by clicking here.

    Light and Water  Ando, Tadao.
    Monacelli, 2002.

    Life’s Matrix, A Biography of Water  Ball, Philip.
    Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000.

    Waterscapes – Planning, Building and Designing with Water     Drieseitl, Herbert; Dieter Grau, and Karl H.C. Ludwig, ed.
    Birkhauser Architectural, 2001.

    The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial      Halprin, Lawrence.
    Chronicle Books, 1997.



  • Resource Links (cont.)

    Levi Plaza FountainStone and Water. Leccese, Michael. Robert Murase:
    Spacemaker Press, 1997

    Water and Architecture. Moore, Charles W., and Jane Lidz.
    Harry N. Abrams, 1994.

    Fountains: Splash and Spectacle: Water and Design From the Renaissance to the Present. Symmes, Marilyn, and Kenneth Breisch, ed; and Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
    Rizzoli, 1998.

    Aquascapes II: Water in Japanese Landscape Architecture. Hirota, Hauro, ed.
    Books Nippan, 1994

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