Design & Build
DESIGN & BUILD
Bespoke architectural concrete pools, designed for the block they sit in.
Every Bass build is shaped to the site, the brief, and the home it's part of. Architect-led collaboration. Engineered for the coast. Fully tiled inside. One team carries the job from the first sketch through to the call-outs years later.
We start with the site, not the catalogue. The shell, the geometry, the tile every decision is made for your block
An architectural concrete pool isn't a stock product. There's no off-the-shelf shell, no standard finish that works on every site. The difference between a pool that lasts decades and one that doesn't sits in the engineering, the materials, and the team carrying the build.
When you bring a brief to Bass, we walk the block first. We look at the ground, the water table, the wind exposure, the home, the architect's drawings if there are any, and the way the pool needs to read in the space. Then we engineer a shell that will hold up to all of it.
Concrete shells can be shaped to any geometry — long lap, integrated pool-and-spa, freeform, courtyard, custom. Fully tiled inside, because rendered finishes don't last on the Bass Coast. Built by one team, the whole way, so the accountability never moves.
THE CRAFT
Four things we won't compromise — on any build.
01
Engineering
02
Materials
03
Team
04
Honesty
FOR ARCHITECTS
Built into the architect's line,
not against it.
Architect-led briefs are the work we do most. Most of our recent builds — including the Lighthouse residence at Inverloch, featured in Home Design and Living — came to us through a residential architect or home builder, early in the design phase.
We come into your project as a technical collaborator. We work to your drawings and your client's brief, we handle the engineering and permits, and we coordinate with your home builder's program so the pool sits as part of the build — not parked next to it.
Your reputation is on the line as much as ours. Every Bass build is carried by the same team start to finish, so you have one point of contact, one schedule, and one accountable builder — not a chain.
FEATURES & INCLUSIONS
What goes in beyond the shell and tile.
Heating
Gas, heat pump or both, sized to the volume and the season.
Automation
One-tap control of temperature, lights, pumps and cleaning.
Lighting
In-pool LED, ambient deck wash, spa-jet uplight.
Water features
Spillovers, water blades, wall jets, integrated spa.
Tiled finishes
Kit Kat, square mosaic, glass mosaic, custom selection.
Filtration
Cartridge or media, sized to the pool and the climate.
Covers
Sunbather and similar, automated or manual.
Cleaning
In-floor systems, robotic cleaners, ongoing service plans.
FROM BRIEF TO HANDOVER
Five stages, in order. We don't skip ahead.
01
Brief & concept
We come to the block. Read the site. Honest read in the room, no obligation.
02
Design & documentation
With the architect, or to your brief. Geometry, finishes, inclusions documented.
03
Engineering & approvals
Shell engineered for the site. Permits and approvals carried by us.
04
Construction & oversight
One team on site. The schedule we gave you is the schedule we work to.
05
Handover & care
Walkthrough on the equipment. Then we come back. Service, equipment, eventual resurfacing.
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No. 01 · Inverloch · Dec 2023
Lighthouse
Architect-led coastal residence, featured in Home Design and Living.
No. 02 · Bass Coast hinterland
Glen Alvie
An architectural concrete pool set into the hinterland.
No. 03 · Parkdale · Jan 2024
Parkdale
A bayside pool and spa built as one concrete shell.
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