Max von Werz merges old and new at Baja Club Hotel in Mexico
Historic brick walls and a spiral staircase feature in a Baja Peninsula hotel that was designed by Mexican firm Max von Werz Arquitectos to embrace its seaside context. More
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Foomann adds health and fitness spaces to Melbourne home
By removing an old garage, architecture studio Foomann has made room for a gym, a swimming pool and a campervan in the garden of a home in suburban Melbourne. More
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Bak Gordon Arquitectos builds Casa Azul alongside elongated pool
Portuguese studio Bak Gordon Arquitectos has completed a house alongside a long swimming pool in the Alentejo region of Portugal. More
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Eight American houses that are perfect for a Fourth of July pool party
To celebrate Independence Day, we've rounded up eight American houses that would be perfect venues for a poolside Fourth of July party. More
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Eight spectacular transparent pools with see-through walls and floors
Following the opening of a fully transparent swimming pool in London, we roundup eight spectacular see-through pools from around the world. More
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Watch a swimmer in London's fully transparent Sky Pool
This video shows a swimmer in a transparent swimming pool made entirely from acrylic panels that was recently built between two buildings in London. More
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Fully transparent Sky Pool provides "a swim like no other" between two housing blocks in London
Architecture studio HAL has created a 35-metre-high transparent swimming pool bridge between two buildings at the Embassy Gardens development in Battersea, London. More
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Floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York's East River gets green light
A floating swimming pool for New York's East River designed by PlayLab has been approved by city planners ten years after it was first proposed. More
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4a Architekten revamps Stuttgart's oldest mineral baths
German studio 4a Architekten has renovated the 1950s buildings and outdoor swimming pool at the historic Bad Berg mineral baths in central Stuttgart. More
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Basalt Architects builds geothermal baths on the Icelandic seafront
Basalt Architects has used marine-grade concrete to build Guðlaug Baths, a geothermal pool on Langisandur Beach in Iceland. More
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Alex Proba's graphic swimming pools are "a celebration of colour and pattern"
Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming pools with graphic murals, including the pools of two Palm Springs houses and a mural on the deck of a public pool on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island. More
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Rooftop pools crown holiday apartments in Tulum jungle by PPAA
Architecture firm PPAA has designed BAI-HA, an 18-apartment holiday resort in Tulum built from wood, washed concrete and stucco made from Mexican chukum. More
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Casa Aviv by CO-LAB embraces its jungle setting in Tulum
The living room opens straight on to an outdoor swimming pool of this private villa in Tulum, designed and built by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office. More
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Mesura uses local earthenware tiles for Catalan house and swimming pool
Tiled steps lead down from the terrace to the pool of Casa Ter, a concrete and stone house designed by architecture studio Mesura in Baix Empordà, Spain. More
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Bølgen Bath and Leisure Centre by White Arkitekter perches above a fjord
Swedish architecture studio White Arkitekter has refurbished a gym and built a new swimming pool building for Bølgen Bath and Leisure Centre in Drøbak, Norway. More
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Lost House by David Adjaye features black interiors and bedroom with a pool
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London's King's Cross, which has recently come on the market. More
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Double O Studio tops trefoil-shaped concrete house with rooftop pool
Double O Studio has designed Trefoil House in Aroeira, Portugal, as a series of overlapping concrete shapes topped by a long swimming pool. More
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VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ reveal timber aquatic centre for Paris 2024 Olympics
Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French practice Ateliers 2/3/4/ have unveiled the designs for a timber swimming pool complex in Paris, which will be the only permanent venue built for the 2024 Olympic Games. More
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Integrated Field decorates children's hospital in Thailand with slides and a pool
Design studio Integrated Field has created colourful arched interiors filled with animals and clouds to provide an enjoyable experience for children at a hospital in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. More
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Ten architect-designed swimming pools for cooling off at home
In our latest Dezeen Lookbook, we've rounded up 10 of the most refreshing outdoor swimming pools that architects have designed for houses around the world, including a private lagoon, a "Roman bath" and hillside infinity pool. More
