A pool is bringing people together.
19.06.2025“There’s nothing like a pool for bringing people together,” the renowned pool builder Mark Dorsey is quoted in the online magazine Luxury Defined of Christie’s International Real Estate, a partner company of WüstundWüst. “I built a pool for a family where the father was very disconnected from his children. A couple of months later, the mom contacted me to say thank you, because they now spent so much time in that pool with each other, splashing about and having fun.”
According to the article two recent U.S. studies have found that swimming can even help you to live longer and aid cognitive function. Time for a dip.
Pool in a former French wine cellar: Going underground
This subterranean pool in Bordeaux, France, was a winter in the Most Beautiful Indoor Residential Pool category in the international Pool Design Awards 2020. Designed by architects Atelier Cambium it is tastefully tiled with natural slate and fitted with a clever counter-current swimming system and massage jets to keep swimmers stimulated.
Infinity-edge cloud pool on cloud nine
An icon built for himself: Mark Dorsey is the owner of the Medallion Pool Company in North Carolina. He built his infinity edge pool for himself – 3,000 feet high in the Appalachian Mountains. And because he often swims amid wisps of cloud there, he decided on the romantic name: Cloud Pool. And the nightly party is served by a sunken pavilion with bar, pizza oven, and flatscreen TV, the pool deck is the perfect place for hosting a party.
The slide reflects the water
The desire for a home pool stems from its unique combination of comfort, convenience, and lifestyle enhancement, says of spokesperson for the UK-based indoor pool specialist Origin. This pool mixes a stylish