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Strokes of Genius: 8 Stunning Lap Pools
Saving space and suited to both serious swimmers and toe dippers, lap pools can be a brilliant addition to the landscape
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Maybe you long for a pool to cool you off during the hot months, but your skinny yard won't hold one. Or perhaps you're an all-business kind of swimmer: You want to get in, plow through your workout and dry off without so much as a winding-down soak. Whichever the case, lap pools — long, narrow pools designed for rhythmic strokes — are your answer. Need inspiration? Check out these eight inventive takes.
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Still and unbroken, this sliver of a pool feels like a perfect sheet of glass.
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This is a simply ingenious approach. A glass wall at one end of the home transforms a simple lap pool into an aquarium-style display, set off by the serene, wooded setting. It lends the illusion that the water floats in midair.
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A modular metal canopy over this pool provides strategic stretches of shade and helps to anchor the pool visually to the main house.
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by Lewis Aquatech
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| Lap pools don't have to be outdoors. Wide, generous windows provide enough natural light that the space doesn't feel oppressive, and having a roof overhead means you can enjoy a swim in bad weather. |
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by Lang Pools Inc.
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| One end of this lap pool is walled off to create a hot tub. The layout provides twice the functionality without the need for a space-swallowing footprint. |
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Lap pools can double as reflecting pools, and the one that abuts this villa-style home gives the landscape the air of a formal estate.
| Raised walls lined in red tile turn this infinity-edge lap pool into an oversize piece of sculpture. A patio juts over it so that swimmers don't have to hike their legs over the sides to enter. |
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| Here's another, completely different approach to the raised look. Weathered, coved borders create a stately, storied feel that falls in step with the lush gardens and grass-pocked brick walkway. Browse thousands of pool design photos |
Ideabook published on May 29, 2012.
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I can't say the specific size, but I would design my own to be at least 2.5m wide and at least 40 feet long. As a swimmer I would love a short course Olympic sized length of 25 meters and a standard lane would be 2.5 meters