2024-05-06T17:02:55-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150261613/our-profession-is-both-popular-and-ignored-water-feature-studio-fluidity-design-consultants-on-embracing-the-niche Alexander Walter 2021-05-19T11:46:00-04:00 >2021-05-18T20:46:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/31/310c481bb9abce66d297fb376f839084.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/21281600/fluidity-design-consultants" target="_blank">Fluidity Design Consultants</a> is a Los Angeles-based practice specializing in the design and engineering of water features. Established in 2002 by architect and founding principal James Garland, the firm has realized countless projects of all scales around the world in close collaboration with noteworthy architects and landscape architects. <br></p> <p>For this week's <a href="https://archinect.com/features/tag/1222145/studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Studio Snapshot</a>, we connected with Garland to find out how operating a highly specialized business differs from conventional architectural practice, what particular staffing needs the team was experiencing, and what it was like to envision the first theatrical water feature ever installed on a cruise ship.<br></p>