10 Pools That Make a Splash in More Ways Than One

At the Dialogue House in Phoenix, architect Wendell Burnette designed the pool as "half terrace, half cool-water retreat...projected toward the canopy of the desert sky". It's surrounded by 13-foot-high white plaster walls that direct the view upwards. Small openings around the base of the wall allow light to reflect off the water and onto the walls—a mezmerising effect that shifts with the sun and time of day.