The most amazing swimming pool in Twentieth Century

Let’s plunge into summer… Some images to refresh us !

Alvaro Siza, Pier Luigi Nervi, Peter Zumthor, Ricardo Bofill, Luis Barragán, Robert Mallet-Stevens… these great architects also designed swimming pools. The proof in pictures :

 

The swimming pool of the villa of Monte Mano in Sardaigne

Architect: Jacques Couëlle

Built: 1970

 

 

The swimming pool of Ostia Lido in Rome, Italy

Architect: Pier Luigi Nervi

Built: 1950

 

 

The swimming pool at Casa Das Canoas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Architect: Oscar Niemeyer

Built: 1953

 

 

 

The swimming pool of Leça da Palmeira in Portugal

Architect: Alvaro Siza

Built: 1966

 

 

The swimming pool of thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland

Architect: Peter Zumthor

Built: 1993-1996

 

 

A private swimming pool in Catalonia

Architect: Ricardo Bofill

Built: 1977

 

 

The swimming pool of the Villa Cavrois in Croix, France

Architect: Robert Mallet-Stevens

Built: 1929-1932

 

 

The swimming pool of the Cuadra San Cristóbal in Los Clubes, Mexico

Architect: Luis Barragán

Built: 1964-1969