There is a post on oobject.com which shows 13 of the most interesting pools, and there is a pretty diverse architectural style. Some of my favorites I’ve embedded into this post but you really should take a look at the entire list of 13, it’s well worth your time.

My top five: (captions are above each pool)

A photo by Sanaa showing a family that appear to be underwater. The effect is created by having a glass bottom pool on top of the pool itself.

The pool at the Nemo 33 recreational diving center in Belgium, is over 100 ft deep, making in the worlds deepest recreational pool.

More of a pond than a pool, this photo shows it side on. As a piece of architectural narrative, the Bali Four Seasons pool entry is exceptional. A wooden bridge takes you over a chasm to an infinity pool with the jungle wrapping around the background, the pool floating 50 feet above it.

The entrance to the hotel is through a slit in the pool to the lobby underneath and is worth of a James Bond movie set.

A lovely quirky Vegas landmark that was recently demolished. The glass pool in had portals that could be seen from the road.

You can order prints of this great picture of 4 boys from the Madison Square Boys Club, form the National Archives. They are in a rowing boat on the roof of a flooded building in what looks like Queens, but could possibly be the North End of Brooklyn.

Anyway this flooded rooftop counts as a cool pool, in our opinion.