London architecture firm Studio Octopi has designed a concept for swimming pools that would enable Londoners to enjoy views of the city centre while bathing in the tidal waters of the River Thames. More about Swimming pools for London's River Thames by Studio Octopi
A rooftop swimming pool with a glass floor cantilevers out beside the entrance to this house in Marbella, Spain, by Dutch office Wiel Arets Architects (+ slideshow). More about Wiel Arets' Jellyfish House features an elevated swimming pool with a glazed underside
Portuguese architect João Mendes Ribeiro clad this swimming pool pavilion with mirrored panels so it disappears into the surrounding orchard (+ slideshow). More about Swimming Pool in Chamusca da Beira by João Mendes Ribeiro
Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) More about The Pool at Pyne by T.R.O.P.
News: construction is underway on an outdoor bathing lake in Riehen, Switzerland, by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More about Work starts on Herzog & de Meuron's Naturbad Riehen swimming pool
As temperatures soared in London earlier this week we all wanted to go for a dip, but none of the local facilities quite matched up to the pools that feature on our latest Pinterest board.
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Vertiginous swimming pools would cantilever like diving boards from every apartment in this tower proposed for Lima, Peru, by Mexican studio DCPP Arquitectos. More about Sky Condos by DCPP Arquitectos
A collaborative proposal by Erginoglu & Çalışlar and IND [Inter.National.Design] for a swimming pool under an inverted dome at an Istanbul primary school has been shortlisted for an award at this year's World Architecture Festival, which will take place in Singapore from 3-5 October (+ slideshow). More about Koç Primary School swimming pool by Erginoglu & Çalışlar and IND [Inter.National.Design]
Slideshow: these ridged metal walls enclose the facilities of an outdoor swimming pool that Spanish firm Arquitecturia have just completed in the town of Tortosa. More about Swimming Pool in Tortosa by Arquitecturia
French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves. More about The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence Search
Residents plunging into the swimming pool of this Stockholm house may feel like they’re in an aquarium. More about Villa Midgård by DAPstockholm
You can clamber down the inside walls of this ramshackle timber basin in the desert by Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio into a surprise swimming pool. More about Yucca Crater by Ball-Nogues Studio
Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. More about Maison Beauvallon by Raphaëlle Segond
Continuing our special feature about swimming pools, here's a timber pool house with limestone walls beside a farmhouse in Surrey, England.
movie by London photographer Logan MacDougall Pope More about Roundles by H2 Architecture
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. More about Dezeen's top ten: swimming pools
Architect Jean-Baptiste Bouvet has completed a hillside swimming pool that steps down to a terrace overlooking the scenic French landscape. More about Pool on the slope by Jean-Baptiste Bouvet
Residents at this remote Australian lodge can step straight out of bed to the side of a long narrow outdoor pool. More about Beached House by BKK Architects
Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. More about Universiade 2011 Sports Centre by GMP Architekten
Here are some more photographs of Zaha Hadid's recently completed aquatics centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow. More about London Aquatics Centre 2012 by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow
Cooling pools of water and trees line corridors and rooms inside an Indonesian house by architects Budi Pradono. More about R-House by Budi Pradono