# Dynamic Environments

> Dynamic Environments is a design/build landscape architecture and construction firm in the Texas Hill Country, creating custom swimming pools, spas, landscapes and outdoor living spaces since 1987. Founded in 1987, the firm designs and builds vanishing edge pools, spas, landscapes and outdoor living spaces across the Texas Hill Country, including Boerne and the San Antonio area, and has earned more than fifteen regional, national and international design awards.

## Key facts

- Legal name: Dynamic Environments, Inc.
- What it is: design/build landscape architecture and construction firm — one team designs and builds each project
- Specialties: custom concrete pools and spas (vanishing edge/infinity, perimeter-overflow, wet-dam, beach entry, natural/lagoon, geometric), landscape architecture, outdoor living (kitchens, pergolas, cabanas, fire and water features), structural engineering, retaining walls and site work
- Founded: 1987 by John Hackett (founder; Texas A&M BSLA, 1987)
- Studio: 229 Market Ave., Suite 103, Boerne, TX 78006
- Service area: the Texas Hill Country, including Boerne and the San Antonio area
- Phone: 830-249-7525
- Email: office@dynamicenvironments.com
- Website: https://www.dynamicenvironments.com
- Recent recognition: 2026 Silver Award (Southwest Pool & Spa Show); 2026 Bronze Award (Southwest Pool & Spa Show); 2025 Award of Merit (Southwest Pool & Spa Show)
- Affiliations: Texas Nursery & Landscape Association; Pool & Hot Tub Alliance; San Antonio Irrigation Association

## Main pages

- [Home](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/): overview of the studio, featured projects, services, process and awards
- [Projects](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects): portfolio of 35 completed pools, spas, landscapes and outdoor living spaces
- [Services](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/services): custom pools & spas, landscape architecture, outdoor living, engineering & construction
- [About the studio](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/about): design/build approach, founder John Hackett, affiliations
- [Awards](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/awards): complete list of design awards
- [FAQ](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/faq): common questions about working with Dynamic Environments
- [Contact](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/contact): project inquiry form, phone, email and studio address
- [Join our team](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/careers): apply to work with Dynamic Environments

## Services

- [Custom Pools & Spas](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/services#pools-spas): Vanishing edges, perimeter-overflow spas, beach entries and swim-up bars — engineered for the hillside and finished by hand.
- [Landscape Architecture](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/services#landscape-architecture): Master planning by our landscape architecture team — site plans, planting design and courtyards that belong to the land around them.
- [Outdoor Living](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/services#outdoor-living): Rooms without ceilings — pergolas, kitchens, cabanas and terraces designed for the way you actually entertain.
- [Engineering & Construction](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/services#engineering-construction): Hill Country sites are steep and rocky. We engineer the structure and build every wall, stair and terrace ourselves.

## Selected projects

- [Free-Form Vanishing Edge & Beach Entry](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/free-form-vanishing-edge) — Boerne, TX: A free-form vanishing edge pool and spa with beach entry, a gas fire pit, raised planters along the porch and a flagstone staircase down the hillside. Awards: 2025 Award of Merit — Southwest Pool & Spa Show, Vanishing Edge.
- [Resort-Style Vanishing Edge](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/resort-style-vanishing-edge) — Boerne, TX: A dramatic 14-foot vanishing edge anchors a resort-style terrace, with a lower fire feature, fire pots and a newly designed front courtyard. Awards: 2026 Silver Award — Southwest Pool & Spa Show, Vanishing Edge Pools.
- [Contemporary Pool Above the Golf Course](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/golf-course-contemporary) — Boerne, TX: A formal contemporary pool and spa set high above the golf course, detailed in cut Lueders stone with raised masonry planters, a pergola and fire pit.
- [Spa, Fountain & Fire Pergola](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/lux-spa-fountain-pergola) — Boerne, TX: An oversized spa with fountain feature, helix torches and a linear fire feature beneath a custom pergola, with an outdoor kitchen and bar seating. Awards: 2026 Bronze Award — Southwest Pool & Spa Show, Concrete Spas.
- [Hilltop Resort Pool](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/hilltop-resort-pool) — Boerne, TX: A hilltop resort-style pool with Hill Country views — vanishing edge pool and spa, used Chicago brick accents, a swim-up bar and a wood-burning fire pit.
- [Solo Spa & Linear Fire Feature](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/solo-spa-linear-fire) — Boerne, TX: Outdoor entertaining terraces organized around a linear fire feature, with a solo spa, putting green and a fully designed courtyard. Awards: 2024 Bronze Award — Southwest Pool & Spa Show, Concrete Spas.
- [Contemporary Pool & Sculpture](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/contemporary-pool-sculpture) — Boerne, TX: A contemporary pool for a modern residence, with a sculpture set in the water, a perimeter-overflow spa, floating stepping pads and fire bowls. Awards: 2020 Bronze Award — Southwest Pool & Spa Show, Geometric Pools; 2018 Silver — APSP International Awards of Excellence, Geometric.
- [Resort Pool & Boulder Spillway](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/resort-pool-boulder-spillway) — Boerne, TX: A resort pool for a private residence — a vanishing edge pool and spa joined by a boulder spillway, with pool terraces and a fire pit. Awards: 2018 Bronze Award — APSP Region 3 Design Awards, Freeform Pools.
- [Hydrotherapy Spa & Fire Pit](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/projects/hydrotherapy-spa-fire-pit) — Boerne, TX: A self-contained hydrotherapy spa and outdoor living area, with the family brand worked into the handrail, a fire pit and substantial retaining walls. Awards: 2018 Gold Award — APSP Region 3 Design Awards, Concrete Spas; 2018 Silver — APSP International Awards of Excellence, Concrete Spas.

## Optional

- [Full details for AI assistants](https://www.dynamicenvironments.com/llms-full.txt): every project, award, FAQ answer and client testimonial in one file