Category: Swimming Pools
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The London 2012 Aquatics Centre is (almost) ready
The Brits celebrated the completion of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre already in July, with one year to go until til London 2012 Olympics. The pictures are certainly impressive, but I won’t rest easy until there are some Omega OSB11 starting blocks at each end :-) Here is Tom Daley performing the first official dive.…
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No sewer pool in Oslo after all
The Norwegian Swimming Federation losts its bid to turn the old sewer facilities under Festningspladsen in Oslo into a water recreational facility, even after the president himself turned up to fight for it. VG reports that the sewer facilities will instead be turned into a gigantic cinema, which I’m sure will only show crappy movies.…
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The Big Swim – A Public Art Installation
The Big Swim was part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and took place at Camberwell Leisure Centre in London on Saturday 23 July and Barton Leisure Centre in Oxford on 24 July 2011. Admission was free. Looks like something that could (and should) be reproduced elsewhere. The Big Swim from Tine Bech on Vimeo.
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Cannonball – Skating the Swimming Pool
This fad has to stop, “Once upon a time, Fresno was the California Dream. Own a car. Own a house. Own a pool. Everyone wanted it and the wonderful world of credit made it all possible. But now, with the foreclosure monster running wild, the dream is dry. Thousands of pools are festering in the…
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ITN: Gaddafi swimming pool becomes rebel playground
Libyan rebels have stormed the Tripoli house of Colonel Gaddafi’s daughter, Aisha, swimming in her pool and lounging on her sofas. Read more here on ITN.co.uk.
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Hong Kong planning a beautiful, climatic-responsive swimming pool
Comprising a 50m indoor heated-pool with 960-seat spectator stand and an outdoor 25m teaching-pool, Tung Chung Swimming Pool will be a public facility for residents in Tung Chung New Town in the suburban area of Hong Kong. The design takes the concept of a sea shell resting on the shore, and using a double-layer PTFE…