The first hint that there is something unusual about the new outdoor swimming pool at Borden Park in Edmonton, Alberta, is what isn’t there—that insidious but telltale odor of chlorine. This is ...

This outdoor pool weaves in and out of the stone walls of Casa Xólotl, a Mexican house that Punto Arquitectónico renovated after finding it in a state of disrepair. The water is accessed by steps down ...

At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Australia dominated the medal table for swimming events. In the wake of the games, construction on municipal swimming holes skyrocketed, and to this day swimming ...

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit. “Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a ...

The winner of the architectural competition to design the Varraku swimming pool building and surrounding area in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district has been announced. The winning design was created by ...

Summer is here, and people across the northern hemisphere are ready to hit the pool. For millennia, humans have been re-creating natural swimming holes in forms ranging from ancient baths to ...

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. Zurich-based Illiz Architektur won a ...

Exploring skateboarding in swimming pools, a series of exhibitions is opening this weekend at the Aalto2 Museum Centre in Jyväskylä, Finland. The shows zoom into the enduring – and possibly unexpected ...