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2. Swimming pool - Wikipedia

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   A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a ...

3. Olympic-size swimming pool - Wikipedia

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   The new Olympic-sized swimming pool was designed to provide advantages to competitors. Increasing the lane count from eight to ten introduces a "buffer lane", helping to absorb waves generated by movements of the swimmers. [5] The increased depth of the pool assists the lane lines in dissipating water churn, thereby creating less hydrodynamic ...

4. Infinity pool - Wikipedia

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   An infinity pool [note 1] is a reflecting pool or swimming pool where the water flows over one or more edges, producing a visual effect of water with no boundary. Such pools are often designed so that the edge appears to merge with a larger body of water such as the ocean, or with the sky, and may overlook locations such as natural landscapes ...

5. Tidal pools of Leça de Palmeira - Wikipedia

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   The final design excluded a restaurant in the north area of the pool, which had been included in a plan from 1961. In 2011, the building was classified as a national monument and in 2017 it was included in Portugal's tentative lists for UNESCO world heritage together with other works by the architect.

6. Water Cube - Wikipedia

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   The renovation divided the facility into three pool areas (a main pool, Olympic "demonstration" pool, and a training pool), as well as the 12,000 m 2 (130,000 sq ft) water park area. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In July 2013, the Water Cube introduced a new LED light show on its exterior, "Nature and Man in Rhapsody of Light", by artist Jennifer Wen Ma and ...

7. London Aquatics Centre - Wikipedia

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   The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two 50-metre (164-foot) swimming pools and a 25-metre (82-foot) diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, designed by architect Zaha Hadid as one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics , was used for the swimming , diving and ...