With all due respect, Milt, you don't know what you're talking about when you call that pool or the house "junk". It's a work of art. Without art and beauty, life would be utterly not worth living. Water shortage or not. And make no mistake, architecture is the highest form of art. It's living art. People live in houses and buildings and their time on earth is defined by it, whether you realize how much it affects you or not.
I'm a huge fan of architecture and I have a great love for early 20th century American houses but also mid-century modern and new post-modern if it's good. Great design is great design and craftmanship is craftmanship regardless of the period or style. Is this house my absolute favorite style? No, but it's beautiful. Out of respect for the privacy of the client I can't post pictures of the interior of the house but it's amazingly great design and it feels great to be in. I was in another new house today that was very similar in specs, (same style, modern pool, eppe wood everywhere, etc., etc...), and it was a POS. It just got leased for ~$15k a month and I would not even want to live in it for free. It just missed the mark in every way.
I live in a small apartment that I just can't move out of, it's cheap and the architecture is amazing. Every time I unlock the door and walk in, a great feeling washes over me and my eyes get a treat. Life is too short to spend in shyty architecture.
Here is an old house that was a tiny cabin that I worked at this week. Creative couple w/ no kids, they bought it and put major work into redesign that still has the vibe of the original cabin but added beautiful modern deck and pool. I oiled the deck, it's eppe wood. They get major happiness from the deck and love being home, she works from home:
