Istanbul
+90 (532) 215 64 78
info@saunadekor.com
Location
Ziya Gökalp, Metal İş Sanayi Sitesi Yolu 20. Blok No:17-19,
34490 İkitelli Osb/Başakşehir/İstanbul/Turkey
Dubai
+971 58 558 1295
info@saunadekor.com
Location
Latifa Tower Dubai, World Trade Centre, Dubai UAE
Boston
+1 (617) 645 13 50
info@saunadekor.com
Location
66 Long Wharf, Unit 4B, Boston, MA 02110 USA
Sauna Dekor builds ornamental, reflecting and landscape pools as a turnkey contractor for hotels, resorts, mixed-use developments and private villas across the Gulf. Manufacturing in Istanbul since 1987 and now in our 40th year, we have delivered water features and wellness packages in more than 35 countries. An ornamental pool is a waterproofing and circulation problem dressed as a landscape element — the detailing that keeps it clean is invisible from the terrace.
Sauna Dekor is an ornamental and landscape pool builder and contractor for hotels, resorts and private villas in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, manufacturing in Istanbul since 1987.
Sauna Dekor Spa & Solutions, a trailblazer with over 40 years of expertise, is not only a global leader in decorative ornamental pools but also a visionary in crafting landscape pools that redefine outdoor luxury. As your solution partner for projects across 35+ countries, we bring the same commitment to excellence to landscape pools, creating a seamless fusion of outdoor aesthetics and luxury.
Ornamental and Landscape Pool construction is an intricate process that begins with meticulous planning and excavation. Sauna Dekor specializes in polyethylene lining, ensuring a durable foundation. Our approach involves choosing liners that complement the dimensions of the pond, guaranteeing both functionality and visual appeal. Whether it's a small backyard pool or a larger project, we emphasize details like the appropriate wattage for water pumps, striking a balance between efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Water, a fundamental element in landscape architecture, takes center stage in our landscape pool projects. Beyond adding visual pleasure to outdoor spaces, our landscape pools create a serene atmosphere, offering a retreat from the stresses of daily life. Sauna Dekor specializes in creating a diverse ecosystem around the pool, incorporating colorful plants, natural stones, and even fish to enhance the visual appeal. This expertise extends seamlessly to indoor living, where the calming effect of water becomes a centerpiece of your home.
As a landscaping company with a global footprint, Sauna Dekor Spa Solutions, creating Living Outdoors Pools & Landscape. Our expertise extends beyond traditional pool landscaping, creating outdoor spaces that seamlessly transition from poolside beauty to lush greenery, elevating your living experience and delivers landscape and pool designs as one scope.
Sauna Dekor, in collaboration with Living Outdoors Pools & Landscape LLC, brings innovation to small backyard pool designs. Our expert teams tailor designs to maximize space, creating intimate oases that seamlessly blend with the natural landscape. The result is a small backyard pool that enhances both aesthetics and functionality, allowing you to enjoy outdoor luxury in the comfort of your home.
Our collaboration extends to expert pool and landscape contractors who understand the intricacies of designing cohesive outdoor spaces. Sauna Dekor works on Outdoors Pools & Landscape to bring your vision to life, ensuring that pool and landscape designs harmonize with each other, creating a unified and elegant outdoor oasis.
Sauna Dekor's expertise in Ornamental and Landscape Pool construction with pool design is a testament to our commitment to transforming your outdoor haven. Our designs encompass a wide array of styles, from classic and elegant to modern and minimalist, ensuring that your landscape with pool seamlessly integrates with the surrounding environment.
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A reflecting pool, a landscape water feature and a koi pond look similar on a drawing and behave very differently once they are filled. A still, shallow, sunlit body of water in a Gulf climate warms quickly, evaporates fast and grows algae unless it is turned over, filtered and dosed. The three decisions that keep it looking the way the render promised are water depth, turnover rate and the finish colour — a dark finish reads as a mirror but runs hotter, a light finish stays cooler but shows every particle.
| Type | What it is for | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Reflecting pool | Mirror surface for a facade or courtyard | Shallow depth, dark finish, level edge, wind shelter |
| Cascade / weir feature | Sound and movement | Pump duty, level weir, splash containment, scale control |
| Planted / natural pond | Landscape and biodiversity | Biological filtration, aeration, planting shelves, liner detail |
| Koi pond | Fish keeping | Larger depth, dedicated biofilter and UV, no copper-based chemistry |
| Fountain / jet feature | Focal point | Wind-off control, low-level lighting, accessible nozzle service |
Tanking, movement joints, edge details and the position of the plant chamber are what separate a water feature that still looks good in its fifth summer from one that is drained. The circulation principles are the same as for a swimming pool and are set out in water circulation in a pool; the cleaning and chemistry regime follows pool maintenance. Where a client asks about salt systems for a landscape pool, the trade-offs are covered in salt water pools, and the regional water and climate constraints in swimming pools in Dubai.
The shell, the waterproofing, the edge detail and the stone or mosaic finish of an ornamental or landscape pool are built and installed by Sauna Dekor, and the fitted stone and metalwork are made in the company’s own workshop at İkitelli OSB, Başakşehir, Istanbul by nineteen people. The same company commissions the pool in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Sauna Dekor has manufactured since 1987, is in its fortieth year and has completed work in more than 35 countries.
The circulation pumps, the underwater lighting, the filtration and the dosing plant are bought-in equipment made by their own manufacturers and supplied with those manufacturers’ certification. Sauna Dekor’s own certificate is TS EN ISO 9001:2015, covering the manufacture of sauna and spa products and after-sales service.
An ornamental pool is a maintenance decision before it is a landscape one; the shared scope behind every pool type is set out here.
Shallow — typically 100 to 250 mm of visible water over a dark finish, with the working depth and the plant connections hidden in a separate chamber. Deeper water does not improve the reflection and makes the feature slower to warm, slower to clean and harder to keep clear.
Continuous turnover through filtration, controlled chemistry or biological filtration depending on type, and UV or ozone where planting or fish rule out conventional dosing. Shading, water depth and finish colour all change how hard the plant has to work, which is why they are chosen with the filtration rather than after it.
Yes, but it becomes a different system. A planted or koi pond needs biological filtration, aeration, greater depth for temperature stability, and chemistry that is safe for livestock, which rules out the copper-based algaecides used in ornamental water. That decision has to be made before the shell is built, not after stocking.
A courtyard-scale reflecting pool or cascade runs roughly 8–14 weeks from approved drawings to handover, covering shell, tanking, plant, finishes and commissioning. Larger landscape schemes are programmed against the hard landscaping and the irrigation works around them.
Across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the wider GCC as a turnkey contractor, and as a supplier with supervision further afield — we have worked in more than 35 countries from our Istanbul base since 1987.
