New York practices Studio MRDO and Studio LaM have have won an ideas competition with their proposal for a theatrical underground pool set in the Demilitarised Zone between North Korea and South Korea. More about Studio MRDO and Studio LaM envision underground bathhouse between North and South Korea
American architect Richard Meier has completed his first project in the UK, a characteristically bright white house perched on a hill overlooking the Oxfordshire countryside. More about Richard Meier models all-white Oxfordshire residence on English manor houses
A pool room is set at the top of this house in Cologne by German studio Corneille Uedingslohmann Architekten, and features walls lined with quartzite strips and a large garden-facing window. More about Stone-lined swimming pool in Cologne house features large window with garden views
Zigzagging parquet covers every surface of the swimming pools, spa buildings and patio designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune for an 18th-century mansion in the south of Sweden. More about Chevron-patterned parquet covers swimming pools and spa house by Claesson Koivisto Rune
This country retreat by American firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture consists of interlocking volumes clad in ipe and stone and an infinity pool overlooking the verdant, rolling terrain. More about Slanted wooden walls form holiday home in upstate New York by Hariri & Hariri
Screens with a perforated geometric pattern help to control the flow of light, air and views throughout this house in a suburb of Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem. More about Pitsou Kedem's AB House features grid-like perforated screens inside and out
Danish practice 3XN has unveiled plans for a new aquatics centre in the southern Swedish city of Linköping, which will featuring undulating timber and glass facades. More about Wave-like facades wrap 3XN's aquatic centre in southern Sweden
Illiz Architektur mounted this indoor swimming pool on top of a disused concrete shelter for rescue forces to offer bathers views of Switzerland's Lake Zurich. More about Illiz Architektur sets children's swimming pool above former underground troop billet in Zurich
NMD Nomadas has arranged this concrete and glass house in Venezuela around a series of courtyards and a slender swimming pool. More about NMD Nomadas' concrete and glass house in Venezuela features skinny swimming pool
This west London house has been overhauled by British practice Theis + Khan to include a "cave-like" swimming pool in the basement and a twisting white staircase. More about Theis + Khan updates Notting Hill house with basement pool and cinema
Living spaces at this house near Brasília are contained in a cluster of offset boxes with full-height glazing that faces out onto gardens slotted between them. More about Gardens are interspersed through Brasília home by Samuel Lamas
This apartment block and art gallery in Beirut combines traditional timber and stone cladding with a vertical garden and a bright-red balcony that cantilevers from one of its facades. More about Jean-Marc Bonfils reinterprets traditional Lebanese architecture with East Village apartment tower
A glazed panel in the base of this cantilevered swimming pool by architecture studio NOA gives bathers dramatic views of the South Tyrolean Dolomites. More about Glass-bottomed pool by NOA projects out from Alpine hotel
A glass box framed by a chunky concrete structure hosts a lounge at this pool house designed by Belgian architect Steven Vandenborre for a home in Bruges. More about Frameless glazing and concrete canopy shelter pool-side lounge by Steven Vandenborre
A latticed wooden canopy shades this swimming pool and terrace, designed by Michael Goorevich for a Malibu house on a slope overlooking the Pacific Ocean. More about Malibu Hillside pool and terrace frame Pacific Ocean views
A pair of concrete and glass volumes are stacked at right angles to form a cantilever sheltering a pool terrace at this family home in Tel Aviv, designed by Axelrod Architects and Pitsou Kedem. More about Modernist-inspired house in Tel Aviv features glazed walls and cantilevered upper storey
A slender swimming pool runs along one side of this concrete house in western Austria by Marte.Marte Architects, offering bathers views towards the Rhine Valley. More about Concrete house by Marte.Marte Architects features pool with views of Rhine Valley
Lattices of dark blockwork wrap around a verdant courtyard and narrow swimming pool at this hotel in Mexico City, overhauled by local firm JSa. More about JSa lines Hotel Carlota courtyard with black concrete blocks
Finnish Modernist architect Alvar Aalto accidentally invented the skateboard bowl with a 1930s swimming pool design, according to a US skateboarding magazine and a Finnish newspaper. More about Alvar Aalto "changed the history of skateboarding"
These images by Portuguese photographer Fernando Guerra offer a tour of Peter Zumthor's thermal baths at Vals, which celebrate their 20th anniversary this year (+ slideshow). More about Peter Zumthor's Therme Vals spa photographed by Fernando Guerra