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 ...

“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to. Dutch architecture studios MVRDV and ...

The history of swimming pools in Britain reveals a social, communal, sensual story, as a new show at the V&A reveals I learned to swim in Aberdeen’s Bon Accord Baths, a stern, granite pile dating from ...

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 ...

Threefold Architects has completed a simple brick pool house with an outdoor fireplace, and a matching gym, at either end of a London garden. The studio, which is based in Camden, added the new ...

Simone Manuel’s Olympic win highlights the politics of access to public swimming pools. DnA visited a newly-restored pool in South LA by Lehrer Architects and finds how what the City of Los Angeles is ...

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 ...