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Dezeen top ten: swimming pools

Dezeen's top ten: swimming pools

Zaha Hadid's London Aquatics Centre was one of our most popular stories this month, so we've compiled a list of our top ten stories about swimming pools.

1: it wasn't the London Aquatics Centre that took first place, but these pools of varying depths at a house in Bali.

2: the London Aquatics Centre came in second.

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3: our third most-clicked story is this Singapore home, which features stepping stones stretched over a pool, connecting the living room to the terrace.

4: yet another Singapore home makes the cut; this swimming pool has a glass wall that reveals the basement of the house.

5: a floating swimming platform in Amsterdam takes fifth place.

6: this pool, located on the top floor of a home, lets swimmers have a peek through the floors.

7: yet another Olympic pool makes our top ten: the Watercube from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

8: in eighth place is this Vienna spa, which features colourful mosaics and undulating slides.

9: a plus-shaped pool designed to float on the Hudson river comes in as our ninth most-popular swimming pool.

10: rounding off our top ten is this pool that wraps over a sunken shower room.

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