Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Most unique and impressive pools in the world


Most unique and impressive pools in the world

Underwater sport center was built for London Olympics 2012, it's the work of the architect 'wizard' Zaha Hadid. The work includes 2 standard swimming pools and 1 dive pool. The curving dome part simulate the small waves in space. Recently, the sport center has opened to public.

The oldest public bathroom is from the ancient town of Mohenjo Daro, built around 2600BC. It was first detected in 1922.

One of the hot water pubic bathroom that has a design with strong Nouveau Art style (new art) belongs to Gellert Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. It was completed in 1918 and was opening through the World War 2 period.

Caracalla's Bathhouse is a famous pubic complex about both the facilites and the second biggest scale of Roman Empire, built in the period from 212 to 216. This is a massive structure located on a total area of 14,000 hectares, with spacious rooms, thick walls which are 35m high reaching the dome.

With a structure consist of the filing room, the warm water bathroom, hot water bathroom and cold water bathroom. Inside, the bathroom was decorated with mosaic marble on the walls, the fountain, statues of Greek gods. Currently, there's only remnants of Caracalla bath house, but it's considered an everlasting culture construction of the world.

Underground pool specialized for gentlemen is a work of RAC club, located in Pall Mall area (London). Its sophisticated design reminds of luxurious bathrooms from ancient Rome.

Clean with a modern design is the first impression visitors have when arrive at Kildeskovshallen pool in Denmark. Those are factors that bring to this pool Mies van der Rohe nomination - one of the most prestigious awards in architecture field.

The prominent British architect Nicholas Grimshaw is author of the Royal pool located in a building built from the 18th century. The pool is on the rooftop, overlooking the entire city.


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