A visual feast of fifty wonderfully distinctive and architecturally astounding swimming pools from around the world.
Extraordinary Pools is a mosaic of exceptional public and private examples of pools, reasserting the protean quality of the swimming pool as a space of activity, pleasure, and excess. Illustrated with awe-inspiring color photography, it showcases stunning examples of architecturally significant swimming pools around the world, including:
Berthold Lubetkin’s modernist Penguin Pool at the London Zoo
The world’s largest infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
The landmark Julia Morgan-designed City Club pool in Berkeley, California
Luis Barragan's signature L-shaped pools at Cuadra San Cristobal in Mexico
And many more
A visual feast of fifty wonderfully distinctive and architecturally astounding swimming pools from around the world.
Extraordinary Pools is a mosaic of exceptional public and private examples of pools, reasserting the protean quality of the swimming pool as a space of activity, pleasure, and excess. Illustrated with awe-inspiring color photography, it showcases stunning examples of architecturally significant swimming pools around the world, including:
Berthold Lubetkin’s modernist Penguin Pool at the London Zoo
The world’s largest infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
The landmark Julia Morgan-designed City Club pool in Berkeley, California
Luis Barragan's signature L-shaped pools at Cuadra San Cristobal in Mexico
And many more
