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Stunning Backyard Swimming Pool Design Ideas
Explore stunning backyard swimming pool design ideas from compact plunge pools to luxurious infinity pools.
31 May 2024
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Choosing a backyard pool involves balancing your budget and site. Your main options include above-ground pools for affordability, in-ground fibreglass pools for quick installation and easier maintenance, or in-ground concrete pools for ultimate customisation and durability.
For compact sites, a plunge pool offers a great compromise between a pool and a spa. Creative designs like sculptural cabanas or eco-friendly natural pools, which use plants for filtration instead of chemicals, can create a stunning backyard feature.
The beauty of a concrete inground pool is that it can be built to fit any site. This two-storey Beach Haven home of sharp geometries by Milieu is designed around a trapezoidal plunge pool, over which the upper level is cantilevered. Image: Jessica Chloe
Above ground vs in-ground pools – what are the best options?
This 20m-long inground pool complex features a covered pavilion and spacious lounging areas. Image: Sam Hartnett
Fibreglass vs concrete pools – what are the pros and cons?
The Stoked Stainless Plunge Spa strikes a perfect balance between pool and spa for areas where space is limited.
Pool designs for compact sites
This transparent pool was designed by G2 Studio for an Auckland home as a striking visual feature linking home and pool house. Image: John Williams
Creative garden pool designs ideas to create the wow factor
A party cabana and sculptural pool fence designed by Rogan Nash Architects become the showstoppers in a Cox’s Bay home. Image: Simon Devitt
The backyard pool house: Designing the perfect pool cabana
Kaynemail architectural mesh is used on the exterior of this pool house, designed by Johnston Architects and Bespoke Interior Design, juxtaposing concrete block and echoing the modernist design language of the main house. Image: Paul Brandon
A natural pool has the added aesthetic benefit of looking like a natural part of the environment. This pool, by Natural Pools NZ offers an inviting place for a dip with edges that merge into the surroundings.
Living and natural pools – taking a leaf out of nature’s book
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