10 Pools That Make a Splash in More Ways Than One

The pool at this Vancouver home by SM Studio, sits at the heart of a sunken courtyard between the main house and detached garage/studio. Designed with board-formed concrete walls and two underwater windows, the compact plunge pool was inspired by a boutique hotel the homeowners visited in Buenos Aires. Originally, the plan was to make the entire side of the pool glass but they ended up going ahead with a more budget friendly option: two stacked windows. "Typically, people don’t have pools on a small city lot like this, so we really had to work with what we had," says homeowner Monika.