A stone pool deck is a smart choice for around the edge of your swimming pool. It’s durable, slip-resistant, and not to mention looks great! Let’s consider some pros and cons of such a decision to find out if this type of deck is right for you. Cons Stone is usually not the cheapest material...
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Contemporary Lost House With A Pool In A Bedroom
Black walls, built-in raw concrete furniture and a fish pond in a lightwell define Lost House, a residential project designed by David Adjaye in London’s King’s Cross. Original features have been preserved, including an all-green sunken cinema room and a water gardens in planted courtyards that double as lightwells. Hidden behind an unassuming brick facade...
Contemporary Pool House With Curved Shapes
This property with the Victorian heritage in Melbourne was completely transformed into a multi-generational home combining a contemporary concrete and charred wood exterior by Australian studio Zen Architects. The new dwelling is called Pool House as the year-round usable outdoor space was centered here. The architects renovated the older style terrace housing with a modern,...
New York Penthouse With A Rooftop Deck And Pool
This gorgeous large apartment (149 square meters) in New York was renovated by design studio TBD and got an open-plan layout, an outdoor shower and hot tub. The dwelling boasts a private outdoor terrace upstairs, which includes a deck and bar area plus a small pool that was custom fabricated for this apartment. The roof...
30 Awesome Narrow Pools For The Tightest Spaces
The outdoor season is on and though it’s not that hot to swim, we are all dreaming of relaxing pools and plunging there after a long working day. It often happens that a backyard or a garden or any other outdoor space is small and it seems that you won’t be able to accommodate a...
Modern Home With Concrete Pool House
Designed by Grupo Urban, this two-storey house in the Argentinian city of Córdoba is surrounded by trees. Appropriately titled Casa del Bosque, the residence belongs to a family with a strong passion for art and design. The home’s footprint was partially determined by the site’s previously existing trees, many of which were spared rather than...
Jungle House With A Rooftop Infinity Pool
A swimming pool on the roof of this concrete residence by Brazilian office Studio MK27 sits within the dense canopy of a coastal rainforest in São Paulo state. The introduction of this house to this landscape has the objective of optimizing the connection between architecture and nature, privileging the view looking out to the ocean...
Uncluttered Poolside Home Opened To Outdoors
It’s summer and all the thoughts are about vacations, beaches, sea and pools. That’s why today instead of a usual home we are sharing a beautiful and harmonious poolside home. This off-the-grid house that is little more than a decked campsite—albeit with a roof—includes a swimming pool for a family that loves to enjoy the...
Jellyfish House With A Cantilevering Pool Rooftop
It took Wiel Arets Architects 15 years to design and construct the Jellyfish House. Located in the Spanish Mediterranean coast of Marbella, the all-white concrete house is defined by a swimming pool rooftop that cantilevers toward the amazing Sierra Blanca mountainscape. The pool has an infinity edge and visually merges with the nearby ocean, and...
20 Relaxing And Cozy Pool Nooks To Get Inspired
It’s the hottest pool time right now, and I’d like to share inviting poolside nooks that will make you want to leave the pool and lie on the pillows. You can put a couple of comfy lounge chairs and pillows, or a big seating to lie comfortably after swimming but don’t forget that fabric should...