PHTA Reveals 2025 International Awards of Excellence Winners
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance announced this year’s winners of the PHTA International Awards of Excellence. These awards recognize exceptional installations of pools, spas, hot tubs and water features that showcase the most beautiful, creative and innovative work in the industry.
Each year, hundreds of entries are submitted by pool, spa and hot tub professionals worldwide. The PHTA International Awards of Excellence program saw a 22% increase in submissions this year compared to last year, the highest number of submissions since the PHTA unification.
“PHTA is proud to recognize so many of our members for their excellent craftmanship, inspiring designs and overall dedication to elevating the industry,” says Sabeena Hickman, president and CEO of PHTA. “These winning projects are a testament to what our industry can achieve when skill and training meet dedication and innovation.”
The competition is open to PHTA members who are pool, spa or hot tub builders as well as installers, designers, retailers or service companies that receive payment for the submitted project. The judging panel is comprised of industry professionals across building, design, service, operations and retail.
The winning entries are featured in the September 2025 issue of AQUA Magazine, and the winning companies will be honored during the PHTA Awards of Excellence Reception on Oct. 21, at the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo in Las Vegas.
See below for the full list of 2025 PHTA International Award of Excellence winners.
Photos of all winning entries can be found on the PHTA Awards of Excellence webpage.
| GOLD | CATEGORY |
| AquaTerra Outdoors, Carrollton, Texas | Geometric |
| Backyard Oasis, Inc., Tomball, Texas | Pool Renovations |
| Burleson Pool Co., Inc., Hampton Cove, Alabama | Freeform |
| California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona | Standalone Spas |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Geometric |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Pools with Automatic Covers |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
| Counsilman-Hunsaker, St. Louis, Missouri | Commercial Pools |
| DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France | Elevated Pool and/or Spa Structure |
| Easton Select Group, Easton, Massachusetts | Vanishing Edge |
| High-Tech Pools Inc, Cleveland, Ohio | Architectural Achievement |
| Ike’s Carter Pools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Standalone Spas |
| J&M Pool Company, Senoia, Georgia | Vinyl-Lined Pools |
| MAXA Watershapes, Los Cabos, Mexico | Commercial Pools |
| Ozzie Kraft Pools, Las Vegas, Nevada | Portable Hot Tubs |
| Ozzie Kraft Pools, Las Vegas, Nevada | Vanishing Edge |
| Pool Environments, Inc., Plano, Texas | Water/Fire Features |
| River Pools of Virginia, Warsaw, Virginia | Fiberglass Pools |
| Rumo’s Pool and Spa LLC, Atlanta, Georgia | Swim Spas |
| Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida | Fun Features |
| Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida | Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools |
| Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida | Water/Fire Features |
SILVER CATEGORY Almar Jackson Pools, Inc., Jupiter, Florida Geometric AquaTerra Outdoors, Carrollton, Texas Vanishing Edge Artisan Pools NC, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Pool Renovations California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Architectural Achievement California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Freeform California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Geometric California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Vanishing Edge California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Water/Fire Features Cascade Custom Pools, Austin, Texas Vanishing Edge Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas Vanishing Edge (2) Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas Geometric (2) Cody Pools, Inc, San Antonio, Texas Geometric Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, Colorado Architectural Achievement Concord Pools & Spas, Latham, New York Fiberglass Pools Cosgrove Custom Pools, Loomis, California Vanishing Edge Counsilman-Hunsaker, St. Louis, Missouri Fun Features Cristallo Pool/Backyard Concepts, Jupiter, Florida Vanishing Edge Custom Pools of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas Pools with Automatic Covers DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Elevated Pool and/or Spa Structure Flowing Wells Landscape & Pools, Chandler, Arizona Vanishing Edge High-Tech Pools Inc, Cleveland, Ohio Freeform High-Tech Pools Inc, Cleveland, Ohio Vanishing Edge Ike’s Carter Pools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Standalone Spas Ike’s Carter Pools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Water/Fire Features Jim Hinson Pools, Raleigh, North Carolina Geometric Land Tech Group of Virginia, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools MAXA Watershapes, Los Cabos, Mexico Vanishing Edge Mission Pools, Escondido, California Geometric Natural Springs Pools, Lutz, Florida Freeform Outdoor Elements, Inc., Rock Valley, Iowa Vinyl-Lined Pools (3) Outdoor FX, Plain City, Ohio Fun Features Paragon Pools, Houston, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Pool Environments, Inc., Plano, Texas Vanishing Edge (4) Pool Rx, Carrollton, Georgia Pool Renovations Pools of Fun, Plainfield, Indiana Fiberglass Pools Pulliam Pools, Fort Worth, Texas Freeform Regal Pools, Houston, Texas Vanishing Edge Regal Pools – EndlessBlueDesigns, Houston, Texas Geometric Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida Architectural Achievement Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida Geometric Sunset Pool Contractors, Crofton, Maryland Freeform Swimming Pool Services, Waukesha, Wisconsin Portable Hot Tubs The Green Scene Inc., Chatsworth, California Fun Features The Pool Man, Inc., Tomball, Texas Freeform Tipton Spires Design | Build, Seabrook, Texas Geometric Tipton Spires Design | Build, Seabrook, Texas Vanishing Edge Water World Window, Kyiv, Ukraine Architectural Achievement Water World Window, Kyiv, Ukraine Commercial Pools (2)
| BRONZE | CATEGORY |
| Acuarium Piscinas & Spas, San José, Costa Rica | Commercial Pools |
| Aqua Technics Pools, Perth, Western Australia, Australia | Fiberglass Pools |
| AquaTerra Outdoors, Carrollton, Texas | Geometric (2) |
| BMR Pool and Patio, Lewisville, Texas | Geometric |
| Burleson Pool Co., Inc., Hampton Cove, Alabama | Vanishing Edge |
| CALIFORNIAPools, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Elevated Pool and/or Spa Structure |
| California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona | Commercial Pools |
| California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Architectural Achievement |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Freeform |
| Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas | Water/Fire Features |
| Cody Pools, Inc, Austin, Texas | Vanishing Edge (2) |
| CPS Outdoors (Custom Pool Systems), Miami Beach, Florida | Vanishing Edge |
| Custom Pools of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas | Fun Features |
| Custom Pools of Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas | Geometric |
| DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France | Commercial Pools |
| DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France | Pools with Automatic Covers |
| DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
| DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France | Vanishing Edge |
| Double B Design, Austin, Texas | Pool Renovations |
| East Coast Pools & Spas, Ormond Beach, Florida | Fun Features |
| Green O’Aces Pools & Landscape, Las Vegas, Nevada | Geometric |
| Harold Leidner Landscape Architects, Dallas, Texas | Water/Fire Features (2) |
| High-Tech Pools Inc, Cleveland, Ohio | Commercial Pools |
| Ike’s Carter Pools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools |
| J&M Pool Company, Senoia, Georgia | Geometric |
| JDO Pools & Spas, Kilmarnock, Virginia | Architectural Achievement |
| JDO Pools & Spas, Kilmarnock, Virginia | Pools with Automatic Covers |
| Landmark Aquatic, Austin, Texas | Commercial Pools |
| Liquid Evolution Pools, Scottsdale, Arizona | Geometric |
| Monogram Custom Pools, Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania | Freeform |
| Morris Pools, Mesa, Arizona | Geometric |
| Morris Pools, Mesa, Arizona | Vanishing Edge (2) |
| Outdoor Elements, Inc., Rock Valley, Iowa | Vinyl-Lined Pools |
| Ozzie Kraft Pools, Las Vegas, Nevada | Geometric |
| Ozzie Kraft Pools, Las Vegas, Nevada | Water/Fire Features |
| Paragon Pools, Houston, Texas | Pool Renovations |
| Paragon Pools, Houston, Texas | Vanishing Edge |
| Platinum Pools, Houston, Texas | Vanishing Edge (2) |
| Pool Environments, Inc., Plano, Texas | Vanishing Edge (5) |
| Pool Environments, Inc., Plano, Texas | Geometric (2) |
| Pool Rx, Carrollton, Georgia | Vanishing Edge |
| Pool Rx, Carrollton, Georgia | Water/Fire Features |
| Regal Pools, Houston, Texas | Geometric (2) |
| Richard’s Total Backyard Solutions, Houston, Texas | Portable Hot Tubs |
| Riverbend Sandler Pools, Plano, Texas | Geometric |
| Rumo’s Pool and Spa LLC, Atlanta, Georgia | Standalone Spas |
| Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida | Geometric |
| Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida | Vanishing Edge |
| Smart Pools Inc., Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina | Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools |
| South Florida Custom Pools, Palm City, Florida | Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools |
| Superior Pools of Southwest Florida, Inc., Port Charlotte, Florida | Freeform |
| Supreme Pools and Spas, Inc., Spring, Texas | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
| The Green Scene Inc., Chatsworth, California | Water/Fire Features |
| Third Coast Pools, Friendswood, Texas | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
| Tipton Spires Design | Build, Seabrook, Texas | Vanishing Edge |
| Venture Custom Pools, Plano, Texas | Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) |
MERIT CATEGORY A-1 Pool Service, Inc., Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Geometric All Island Group, Farmingdale, New York Architectural Achievement AquaTerra Outdoors, Carrollton, Texas Architectural Achievement Aquatic Design Group, Carlsbad, California Commercial Pools Artisan Pools NC, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools Backyard Oasis, Inc., Tomball, Texas Geometric Bi-State Pool, O’Fallon, Missouri Pools with Automatic Covers CALIFORNIAPools, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Fiberglass Pools California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Commercial Pools California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Freeform California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Fun Features California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Geometric (2) California Pools & Landscape, Chandler, Arizona Vanishing Edge Claffey Pools, Southlake, Texas Geometric Clark’s Pools, New Castle, Delaware Vanishing Edge Colorado Hardscapes, Greenwood Village, Colorado Pool Renovations Colorado Pool + Spa Scapes, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Vanishing Edge Concord Pools & Spas, Latham, New York Fiberglass Pools Connected Pools, Deerfield Beach, Florida Geometric Cosmic Design Studio, Atlanta, Georgia Geometric Counsilman-Hunsaker, St. Louis, Missouri Commercial Pools (3) DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Architectural Achievement DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Commercial Pools DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Geometric DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Pool Renovations DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools (2) DIFFAZUR PISCINES, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France Vanishing Edge (2) Gary Pools, LLC, San Antonio, Texas Geometric Gary Thull Pools, Inc., Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Pools with Automatic Covers Georgia Luxury Pools, Marietta, Georgia Pool Renovations Go Designs Inc, El Paso, Texas Pool Renovations (2) Goebel Custom Pools, San Antonio, Texas Pools with Automatic Covers Goodall Pools & Spas, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Fiberglass Pools Green O’Aces Pools & Landscape, Las Vegas, Nevada Geometric Green O’Aces Pools & Landscape, Las Vegas, Nevada Vanishing Edge Hauk Custom Pools, Celina, Texas Geometric (2) Heritage Pools, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina Geometric High-Tech Pools Inc, Cleveland, Ohio Geometric Hilltop Pools & Spas, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia Geometric Ike’s Carter Pools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Vanishing Edge J&M Pool Company, Senoia, Georgia Geometric J3 Pools, Pearland, Texas Geometric JDO Pools & Spas, Richmond, Virginia Fun Features Landmark Aquatic, Austin, Texas Commercial Pools Larsen’s Pool & Spa, Westchase, Florida Geometric Minipools, San Antonio, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) National Pools of Roanoke, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools Oak Wells Aquatics, Jacksonville, Florida Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Oasis Pavers and Pools, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida Freeform Paragon Pools, Houston, Texas Geometric Paragon Pools Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Penguin Pools, Waukesha, Wisconsin Vinyl-Lined Pools Pool Environments, Inc., Plano, Texas Vanishing Edge (2) Pool Rx, Carrollton, Georgia Spas Built in Conjunction with Swimming Pools Pools of Fun, Plainfield, Indiana Vinyl-Lined Pools Precision Pools & Spas, Sandy, Utah Architectural Achievement Pulliam Pools, Fort Worth, Texas Geometric Pulliam Pools, Fort Worth, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Pulliam Pools, Fort Worth, Texas Vanishing Edge (2) Rainbow Pools & Living Art Design, Fishkill, New York Freeform Regal Pools, Houston, Texas Geometric Regal Pools, Houston, Texas Vanishing Edge Reliant Pools Inc, Austin, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Richard’s Total Backyard Solutions, Houston, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.) Riverbend Sandler Pools, Plano, Texas Geometric Riverbend Sandler Pools, Plano, Texas Vanishing Edge Ryan Hughes Design, Tampa, Florida Fun Features Sandler’s Gold Medal Pools, Lewisville, Texas Freeform Sandler’s Gold Medal Pools, Lewisville, Texas Geometric Spartan Pool & Patio, Norman, Oklahoma Geometric Superior Pools of Southwest Florida, Inc., Port Charlotte, Florida Water/Fire Features Supreme Pools and Spas, Inc., Spring, Texas Freeform Supreme Pools and Spas, Inc., Spring, Texas Geometric Texas Sage And Sun, Magnolia, Texas Geometric The Chaikin Ultimate Group powered by Azureon, Deer Park, New York Freeform The Green Scene Inc., Chatsworth, California Fun Features The Green Scene Inc., Chatsworth, California Vanishing Edge The Green Scene Inc., Chatsworth, California Water/Fire Features Tipton Spires Design | Build, Seabrook, Texas Small Backyard Installations (less than 1,500 sq.ft.)
