Category: Swimming Pools
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Mysterious swimming pool found in abandoned Baltimore townhouse
Inner Harbor Homes highlights a foreclosed home in Baltimore with an unusual feature for an urban townhouse: a deep indoor swimming pool. The home is hardly large enough to contain a hot tub, yet now accomodates a 15-ft pool on the ground floor. As this video makes clear, the interior is extensively modified around the pool: the…
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New Ways to Clean Swimming Pools – Tosse af Klintberg
Cleaning swimming pools with chlorine has negative side-effects. Tosse af Klintberg is researching how UV-radiation can reduce the need for chlorine while keeping swimming pools clean. Contact: https://www.kth.se/profile/tordak More knowledge for sustainable urban development: www.gronbostadstockholm.se
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Urgent measures to be taken against asbestos at Tokyo 2020 water polo venue
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government have announced they will take urgent measures against the asbestos found at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, the water polo venue for next year’s Olympic Games. The material was found in fire resistant coating on a pillar supporting the roof of the building, as reported by Kyodo News. It had been…
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10 Gorgeous Swimming Pools Around the World
With summer rolling around, all you want to do is chill by a gorgeous pool with a cocktail in hand. The only challenge is figuring out where the best pools are located around the world. Needless to say, global high-end hotels are viciously competing to come up with new and interesting swimming pools to attract…
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Project director of Birmingham 2022 Aquatics Centre claims venue still on budget despite cost increase
The project director of the Sandwell Aquatics Centre for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has told Councillors the budget for the venue has not overrun, despite the final costings for it having been confirmed to be at £73 million ($94 million/€85 million) – £13 million ($17 million/€15 million) more than first estimated. Read Inside…
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