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360-Degree Infinity Pool for a London Skyscraper is “A Little Bit James Bond”

The world’s first 360-degree rooftop infinity pool is set to shimmer atop a 55-story skyscraper in London, featuring transparent acrylic walls on all sides. Since acrylic transmits light at a ...

Swim BIG: Artificial Island Supports World’s Largest Saltwater Pool Complex

Now open on the edge of Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, the Harbor Bath project features a main 150-foot-long pool as well as diving and children's pools, plus a pair of saunas. Naturally, ...

Aarhus Harbor Bath by BIG: A Floating Seawater Structure for Swimmers

A massive floating plaza juts out of the harbor in Aarhus, Denmark, creating a protected area for bathers to swim and lounge in the sun. The Aarhus Harbor Bath by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) can ...

Car Pool: Converted Caravan Filled with Water to Create Mobile Swimming Unit

The ultimate mobile swimming experience, this gutted camper was carved out to create space for a classic blue pool liner, and secured to allow for folks to slosh around between stops (or possibly ...

Modern Homes for Mermaids: 12 Houses Built Around Swimming Pools

Like oversized aquariums made for humans, these glass-walled swimming pools put bathers on display and making splashing in shimmering waters the defining feature of the homes, hotels and ...

Ship & Swim: Mobile Cargo Container Pool & On-Demand Hot Tub for Homes

More stable and versatile than a typical temporary above-ground pool and less likely to tank your home real estate value than a built-in one, this modular plug-and-play swimming pool is the best ...

Scrubbed: 12 Washed Up & Washed Out Abandoned Bathhouses

Public baths may have a checkered history and a not-so-squeaky-clean image but these dozen abandoned bathhouses prove things aren't always cut & dried (lead image above by Jim Denham). ...

Super-Deluxe Swim Platform: Rent This DIY Floating Sauna

In Finland, where the tradition of sitting in steamy saunas is even more appealing in frigid winter, a group of enterprising DIYers has built their own multi-level floating spa, sun deck and dive ...

Sky Swimming: Transparent Pool Bridges Two 10-Story Buildings

Designed to span over 80 feet and connect a pair of apartment structures in London, this remarkable see-through glass pool will give swimmers the ultimate view of the city on all sides. This ...

Open Swim in MN: Nation’s First Naturally Filtered Public Pool

After years of design and development, the first naturally filtered public swimming pool in the United States is set to open later this month in Minneapolis, the largest city in the Land of ...

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