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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,502 --> 00:00:03,035 We've really been the talk of the world. 2 00:00:03,037 --> 00:00:06,505 Narrator: Ever wonder what your neighbor's pool really looks like 3 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:08,707 but just can't see past the fence? 4 00:00:08,709 --> 00:00:10,509 This sort of black circle of water 5 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:13,345 literally in the treetops was an exciting idea. 6 00:00:13,347 --> 00:00:14,513 Narrator: Well, don't worry. 7 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:16,582 We've done all the dirty work for you. 8 00:00:16,584 --> 00:00:19,451 A conventional pool was not gonna work. 9 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:22,721 And what you will see is going to blow your mind. 10 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,257 He said, "I want to swim with the fishes." 11 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:26,792 oh-ho! 12 00:00:26,794 --> 00:00:29,661 Junaid: This has probably never been done. 13 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:32,364 It's a high-class living. 14 00:00:32,366 --> 00:00:37,302 Narrator: So, bust out that lounge chair and soak it all in, 15 00:00:37,304 --> 00:00:38,537 because we're showing you 16 00:00:38,539 --> 00:00:41,373 the most epic pools around the country. 17 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:43,175 The only question is, 18 00:00:43,177 --> 00:00:47,279 which one will leave you saying "best pool ever"? 19 00:00:47,281 --> 00:00:48,480 It's floating in midair. 20 00:00:50,251 --> 00:00:54,019 Narrator: These pools are feats of engineering, tests of nature, 21 00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:56,255 and meant to push the limits. 22 00:00:56,257 --> 00:00:59,525 These are the best out-of-the-box pools. 23 00:00:59,527 --> 00:01:01,593 [ water bubbling ] 24 00:01:04,031 --> 00:01:05,864 this pool in northern california 25 00:01:05,866 --> 00:01:08,267 is far from your average swimming pool, 26 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:09,701 with a focus on creating 27 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:12,104 the most natural environment possible. 28 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:15,040 Our backyard mixes a lot of our loves together. 29 00:01:15,042 --> 00:01:17,142 We are really focused on sustainability. 30 00:01:17,144 --> 00:01:20,913 My wife loves to garden, so we have a vegetable garden. 31 00:01:20,915 --> 00:01:24,116 We have a tent in the backyard for camping out. 32 00:01:24,118 --> 00:01:27,252 But the best part is the all-natural swimming pool. 33 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:29,088 I actually thought about building a pond 34 00:01:29,090 --> 00:01:30,422 with, like, a clay bottom. 35 00:01:30,424 --> 00:01:32,758 That was pretty impractical. 36 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,693 Narrator: So tony and his wife set out to build 37 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:36,462 one of the most natural-looking 38 00:01:36,464 --> 00:01:39,764 and environmentally friendly pools of its kind. 39 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:41,366 Tony: When you walk into the backyard, 40 00:01:41,368 --> 00:01:44,269 the first thing you notice is the pool and the rockwork. 41 00:01:44,271 --> 00:01:47,206 Then you start to focus in on the plants, 42 00:01:47,208 --> 00:01:48,740 you start to hear the waterfalls, 43 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:51,877 and you kind of quickly find a sense of peace 44 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:53,479 by being in the backyard. 45 00:01:53,481 --> 00:01:56,615 ♪♪ 46 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,785 he said, "I want to swim with the fishes," 47 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:01,887 as the mafia would say. 48 00:02:01,889 --> 00:02:03,889 ♪♪ 49 00:02:03,891 --> 00:02:05,224 that's a really unique thing. 50 00:02:06,994 --> 00:02:09,027 We actually hired on a biological consultant 51 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:10,929 from oregon who builds lakes in nature 52 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:13,765 to come and help us set up the biology here. 53 00:02:13,767 --> 00:02:16,101 ♪♪ 54 00:02:16,103 --> 00:02:17,803 we worked together to come up with 55 00:02:17,805 --> 00:02:21,773 a biological filtration system, which is very unique. 56 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:23,542 I had never done one like this before. 57 00:02:23,544 --> 00:02:25,978 Natural swimming pools use a wetland for filtration, 58 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:28,947 so the water filters through plants and biota. 59 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:32,217 We had to re-create that in a trough that was under our deck. 60 00:02:32,219 --> 00:02:36,788 So their spa is 100% clear, sparkling water 61 00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:38,657 with no chemicals. 62 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,959 ♪♪ 63 00:02:40,961 --> 00:02:44,630 the planning was about a year, 64 00:02:44,632 --> 00:02:47,633 and the construction, a little over a year and three months. 65 00:02:47,635 --> 00:02:49,568 To shape the pool, we wanted to have 66 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:52,337 a little more of a river look, and so not like a linear pool, 67 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:54,540 but something with just a slight bend to it. 68 00:02:54,542 --> 00:02:56,708 The pool is done out of concrete. 69 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:58,744 Bringing rocks from all over the place with cranes 70 00:02:58,746 --> 00:02:59,912 and putting them in positions 71 00:02:59,914 --> 00:03:01,713 limits you and what you can actually create. 72 00:03:01,715 --> 00:03:03,982 There is no plaster in this pool. 73 00:03:03,984 --> 00:03:05,217 There is no tile. 74 00:03:05,219 --> 00:03:08,120 It involves my artificial rockwork, 75 00:03:08,122 --> 00:03:11,156 which we manufacture in my own factory. 76 00:03:11,158 --> 00:03:12,991 It just looks real. 77 00:03:12,993 --> 00:03:15,260 At the deep end, the pool is about 10 feet deep. 78 00:03:15,262 --> 00:03:18,297 It's about 20 feet wide and about 45 feet long 79 00:03:18,299 --> 00:03:19,731 as it stretches along the river. 80 00:03:19,733 --> 00:03:22,267 There are seven waterfalls in the pool. 81 00:03:22,269 --> 00:03:25,304 The waterfalls create a little bit of trickling noise. 82 00:03:25,306 --> 00:03:27,573 ♪♪ 83 00:03:27,575 --> 00:03:28,907 we also have diving rocks, 84 00:03:28,909 --> 00:03:33,612 so you can jump off 6- or 7-foot cliffs into the pool. 85 00:03:33,614 --> 00:03:37,249 Our hot tub is actually a standing-depth hot tub, 86 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:39,084 so you can actually stand shoulder-deep 87 00:03:39,086 --> 00:03:40,285 with jets up your back. 88 00:03:40,287 --> 00:03:42,854 I feel like I'm in a tropical grotto. 89 00:03:42,856 --> 00:03:46,692 This hot tub is 104 degrees and perfect. 90 00:03:46,694 --> 00:03:48,794 This is a pool that's full of surprises. 91 00:03:48,796 --> 00:03:53,332 ♪♪ 92 00:03:53,334 --> 00:03:54,933 we have a snuba set up, 93 00:03:54,935 --> 00:03:58,303 which is an ability to breathe underwater. 94 00:03:58,305 --> 00:03:59,671 You can actually explore. 95 00:03:59,673 --> 00:04:02,841 You see fish, you see plants, you see life. 96 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:04,343 So it's really an experience. 97 00:04:06,113 --> 00:04:07,813 The fish are the best part. 98 00:04:07,815 --> 00:04:10,582 ♪♪ 99 00:04:10,584 --> 00:04:12,784 I've probably shot over 30 pools underwater. 100 00:04:12,786 --> 00:04:14,486 This pool is the one to do it in 101 00:04:14,488 --> 00:04:16,955 compared to any other pool that I've been in. 102 00:04:16,957 --> 00:04:19,524 It was fun. It's pretty cool down there. 103 00:04:19,526 --> 00:04:20,692 [ splash ] 104 00:04:22,396 --> 00:04:24,663 narrator: This next pool, in houston, texas, 105 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:26,265 is an engineering feat. 106 00:04:26,267 --> 00:04:28,100 We're right in the middle of downtown, 107 00:04:28,102 --> 00:04:31,737 and the client was very open to new ideas. 108 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:35,107 He was looking for it to be a signature building in town, 109 00:04:35,109 --> 00:04:38,010 something that had things that no other residential building 110 00:04:38,012 --> 00:04:39,978 in houston had. 111 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:43,482 The idea came up of a cantilever pool, or projecting pool, 112 00:04:43,484 --> 00:04:45,951 that would be visible throughout houston. 113 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:48,153 Narrator: The pool is on top of the 42-story 114 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:50,188 market square tower apartment building 115 00:04:50,190 --> 00:04:52,658 in downtown houston, texas. 116 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:55,060 That was the goal, really, to take this to another level, 117 00:04:55,062 --> 00:04:57,329 to make it a real icon for houston. 118 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,267 The pool is about 4 feet deep. 119 00:05:02,269 --> 00:05:04,369 It is 48,000 gallons. 120 00:05:04,371 --> 00:05:05,470 There's the swimming area, 121 00:05:05,472 --> 00:05:07,773 and there is a shelf deck for sunbathing, 122 00:05:07,775 --> 00:05:09,408 that you can put lounge chairs out there 123 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:12,210 and sit in about 6 inches of water. 124 00:05:12,212 --> 00:05:14,313 When you get in the pool and you start walking out there, 125 00:05:14,315 --> 00:05:15,947 it's very much like a traditional pool. 126 00:05:15,949 --> 00:05:17,182 Whoo! 127 00:05:17,184 --> 00:05:19,117 But then you come to an edge 128 00:05:19,119 --> 00:05:21,386 where the concrete meets the acrylic. 129 00:05:21,388 --> 00:05:22,721 Oh-ho! Look. 130 00:05:23,857 --> 00:05:26,425 And you're able to walk out onto the acrylic, 131 00:05:26,427 --> 00:05:28,460 and you have a straight shot down below, 132 00:05:28,462 --> 00:05:29,895 down the face of the building 133 00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:32,931 all the way to the sidewalk and the street below. 134 00:05:34,601 --> 00:05:36,401 It projects about a little over 8 feet out 135 00:05:36,403 --> 00:05:37,803 from the face of the building, 136 00:05:37,805 --> 00:05:43,041 and it's supported by two 8-feet-deep concrete beams. 137 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:45,477 Narrator: Between the structural engineering, 138 00:05:45,479 --> 00:05:47,179 material testing, and building, 139 00:05:47,181 --> 00:05:50,349 the project was nearly five years in the making. 140 00:05:50,351 --> 00:05:53,852 We were in design for the project for about two years, 141 00:05:53,854 --> 00:05:56,321 and construction took 30 months. 142 00:05:56,323 --> 00:05:58,890 We used one of the best structural engineers in town. 143 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:02,561 We used a special crystalline concrete to make it waterproof, 144 00:06:02,563 --> 00:06:04,663 epoxy-coated rebar so all the metal in there 145 00:06:04,665 --> 00:06:07,132 wouldn't have any risk of rusting out in the future, 146 00:06:07,134 --> 00:06:10,202 designed it such that it will support the pool 147 00:06:10,204 --> 00:06:14,039 if it were overflowing and had hurricane-force winds on it. 148 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:16,341 ♪♪ 149 00:06:16,343 --> 00:06:20,445 the cantilever pool is made up of 320 square feet 150 00:06:20,447 --> 00:06:22,714 of 5 1/2-inch-thick acrylic. 151 00:06:22,716 --> 00:06:26,952 It's in a curved shape so that the acrylic makes both the floor 152 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:29,654 and the wall of the leading edge of the pool, 153 00:06:29,656 --> 00:06:31,790 so we've really been kind of the talk of the world. 154 00:06:33,227 --> 00:06:34,860 You see this? [ laughs ] 155 00:06:34,862 --> 00:06:38,096 the glass in the ground -- ohh! [ laughing ] oh, man. 156 00:06:38,098 --> 00:06:41,266 It's nice that you can sit in the pool and lounge 157 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:43,368 while you're staying cool by the water, 158 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:45,203 and then you plunge and then take a view 159 00:06:45,205 --> 00:06:47,806 and then go back to your chair right inside the water. 160 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:50,175 It's a high-class living. 161 00:06:50,177 --> 00:06:52,677 It's a real chill atmosphere, hanging out with your friends. 162 00:06:52,679 --> 00:06:54,446 Perfect location -- perfect. 163 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:56,982 ♪♪ 164 00:06:56,984 --> 00:06:59,484 narrator: This next pool is the centerpiece 165 00:06:59,486 --> 00:07:00,986 of this high-tech home. 166 00:07:00,988 --> 00:07:04,923 The pool became kind of the anchor of the house. 167 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:06,758 But the suspended dining room 168 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:09,428 is just the beginning of this modern marvel. 169 00:07:09,430 --> 00:07:11,530 You won't believe what kind of designs I can come up with. 170 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:13,532 And a repurposed pool 171 00:07:13,534 --> 00:07:16,234 that fits right into its natural surroundings. 172 00:07:16,236 --> 00:07:17,836 So, these are the original redwoods 173 00:07:17,838 --> 00:07:19,337 that were on the california coast. 174 00:07:19,339 --> 00:07:20,839 It doesn't look like a swimming pool. 175 00:07:20,841 --> 00:07:23,442 ♪♪ 176 00:07:29,917 --> 00:07:34,419 ♪♪ 177 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:37,255 [ water bubbling ] 178 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:39,558 ♪♪ 179 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,260 narrator: When it comes to high-tech, futuristic pools, 180 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:45,497 nothing beats the brainchild of architect malika 181 00:07:45,499 --> 00:07:48,667 and her engineer husband, junaid. 182 00:07:48,669 --> 00:07:51,169 You put an engineer and an architect together, 183 00:07:51,171 --> 00:07:52,704 it's a pretty fun dynamic. 184 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:53,972 [ laughs ] 185 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:55,607 they designed and built this house 186 00:07:55,609 --> 00:07:57,442 in the hills of silicon valley, 187 00:07:57,444 --> 00:08:00,779 and the creation quickly became a passion project for them 188 00:08:00,781 --> 00:08:02,280 and their two young daughters. 189 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:06,384 This house was our third child, which we created together. 190 00:08:06,386 --> 00:08:08,286 This was a very unique thing for us 191 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:10,655 because I haven't done anything like this before. 192 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:11,857 There was nothing here. 193 00:08:11,859 --> 00:08:14,025 Our construction time was nearly two years. 194 00:08:14,027 --> 00:08:17,095 It was done all from scratch. 195 00:08:17,097 --> 00:08:21,299 The pool definitely is the highlight of this whole thing. 196 00:08:21,301 --> 00:08:23,602 We both like modern architecture a lot. 197 00:08:23,604 --> 00:08:25,003 We are very minimalistic. 198 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:27,606 We like open spaces, natural light. 199 00:08:27,608 --> 00:08:31,510 The pool became kind of the anchor of the house 200 00:08:31,512 --> 00:08:34,212 with everything radiating towards it, 201 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,548 so the kitchen, 202 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:38,216 the dining room, 203 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:40,819 the family room, 204 00:08:40,821 --> 00:08:42,854 everything opens up into that space. 205 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:44,823 You can see the pool from everywhere. 206 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:47,425 Their daughters are also competitive swimmers, 207 00:08:47,427 --> 00:08:49,561 so they built this pool specifically for them 208 00:08:49,563 --> 00:08:51,263 to train throughout the season. 209 00:08:51,265 --> 00:08:55,166 The pool is about 12 feet wide by 60 feet long. 210 00:08:55,168 --> 00:09:00,005 The depth is about 5 1/2 and goes as deep as 8 feet. 211 00:09:00,007 --> 00:09:01,506 We wanted the pool to have, 212 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:03,375 like, an outdoor/indoor connection, 213 00:09:03,377 --> 00:09:04,709 something which will actually 214 00:09:04,711 --> 00:09:07,646 open up the back of the house completely. 215 00:09:07,648 --> 00:09:13,985 ♪♪ 216 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:15,554 so, the solution -- 217 00:09:15,556 --> 00:09:19,090 a 40-foot, retractable aircraft-hangar door, 218 00:09:19,092 --> 00:09:21,660 powered by push-button hydraulics. 219 00:09:21,662 --> 00:09:24,362 ♪♪ 220 00:09:24,364 --> 00:09:25,997 this has probably never been done, 221 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:27,732 using the aircraft-hangar door 222 00:09:27,734 --> 00:09:30,769 the way we have used it in the residence. 223 00:09:30,771 --> 00:09:32,771 Junaid actually worked really closely 224 00:09:32,773 --> 00:09:34,506 with our structural engineer, 225 00:09:34,508 --> 00:09:36,675 and we came up with this bracing design. 226 00:09:36,677 --> 00:09:39,010 It looks like an extension of the hydraulics, 227 00:09:39,012 --> 00:09:40,779 but actually, it is a steel bracing 228 00:09:40,781 --> 00:09:43,148 that we put in place to stop the forces 229 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:44,783 from carrying back into the house -- 230 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:48,853 basically, keep our finishes from cracking. 231 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:51,389 The airport-hangar door was one of the funnest 232 00:09:51,391 --> 00:09:53,158 and the most complicated things we've done 233 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,726 in the house together. 234 00:09:54,728 --> 00:09:57,062 From an engineering point of view, it was stressful. 235 00:09:57,064 --> 00:09:58,063 [ both laugh ] 236 00:09:58,065 --> 00:09:59,397 but it was fun. 237 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:01,333 It is a totally different experience 238 00:10:01,335 --> 00:10:02,500 when that door is open. 239 00:10:02,502 --> 00:10:04,102 Check out the view. 240 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:09,708 ♪♪ 241 00:10:09,710 --> 00:10:12,043 they didn't stop at engineering feats. 242 00:10:12,045 --> 00:10:15,113 They also mimicked michelangelo's iconic 243 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:18,149 sistine chapel art at the bottom of the pool. 244 00:10:18,151 --> 00:10:20,352 The painting that you see in the pool, 245 00:10:20,354 --> 00:10:21,620 as an architecture student, 246 00:10:21,622 --> 00:10:23,989 that was one of my favorite, favorite paintings. 247 00:10:23,991 --> 00:10:26,891 Each tile is an inch by inch that's hand-installed. 248 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:28,793 And our friends and family, 249 00:10:28,795 --> 00:10:30,495 they all just gather around food. 250 00:10:30,497 --> 00:10:33,298 We wanted a glass structure right over the pool, 251 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:36,301 so we can see right through where we could sit and eat 252 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:38,937 and feel like we are suspended in air. 253 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:41,539 The dining room is about 10 feet above the pool -- 254 00:10:41,541 --> 00:10:44,776 the triple glass floor, so it's extremely safe. 255 00:10:44,778 --> 00:10:46,044 You won't believe what kind of designs 256 00:10:46,046 --> 00:10:47,846 I can come up with on paper, 257 00:10:47,848 --> 00:10:49,881 but, you know, like, how to implement it 258 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:52,651 and how to trust that we can actually do it, 259 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:54,419 I think only an engineer and entrepreneur 260 00:10:54,421 --> 00:10:56,154 can really push the limits for it. 261 00:10:56,156 --> 00:10:57,222 [ chuckles ] 262 00:10:57,224 --> 00:11:02,127 ♪♪ 263 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:04,663 an indoor/outdoor setup can be the best way 264 00:11:04,665 --> 00:11:06,331 to get a year-round pool, 265 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:09,601 but in a sunshine city, like manhattan beach, california, 266 00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:11,202 this indoor/outdoor pool 267 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:14,072 wasn't designed to get the most out of any kind of weather. 268 00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:16,441 It was a way to make the best use of space. 269 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:17,709 For michael's pool, 270 00:11:17,711 --> 00:11:19,811 a conventional pool was not gonna work. 271 00:11:19,813 --> 00:11:21,579 The narrow lot he had to build on 272 00:11:21,581 --> 00:11:24,849 left no room for a yard, let alone a pool. 273 00:11:24,851 --> 00:11:27,952 That's when I saw the container pool was a perfect fit. 274 00:11:27,954 --> 00:11:29,954 The most interesting feature of the pool -- 275 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:32,357 it's got two 4-foot-by-8-foot windows. 276 00:11:32,359 --> 00:11:34,793 We realized we were building him a human aquarium. 277 00:11:34,795 --> 00:11:36,895 ♪♪ 278 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:38,163 something we hadn't done before. 279 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:40,331 Instead of a tv in your living room 280 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,600 are people swimming past your pool. 281 00:11:42,602 --> 00:11:44,335 It's just the best entertainment, live. 282 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:46,538 That was the centerpiece of the design. 283 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:48,673 ♪♪ 284 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:52,243 it actually legitimately is a shipping container repurposed. 285 00:11:54,281 --> 00:11:55,914 They're manufactured in a shop, 286 00:11:55,916 --> 00:11:57,916 and they're shipped all across north america, 287 00:11:57,918 --> 00:11:59,918 and they're really easy to mobilize and use. 288 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:01,352 Michael: The whole house took us 289 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,655 about a year and four months to build, designed it myself. 290 00:12:05,425 --> 00:12:06,958 The fact that he built it into his house, 291 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,293 I mean, is pretty awesome. 292 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:10,095 To take it from my brain and get it done 293 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,196 and put the tile around it 294 00:12:11,198 --> 00:12:13,164 and get it working was just magical. 295 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:14,399 Woman: Who's jumping in first? Me! 296 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:15,533 I want to. I want to. No, me! 297 00:12:15,535 --> 00:12:18,470 1, 2, 3... 298 00:12:18,472 --> 00:12:19,904 Whoo! 299 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,606 [ michael laughs ] 300 00:12:21,608 --> 00:12:23,241 paul: So, the roof's literally cut out. 301 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:25,410 You get sunlight directly into the pool. 302 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:28,613 Michael: I like to blur the lines between interior and exterior. 303 00:12:28,615 --> 00:12:30,849 You'll see that with the foldaway doors. 304 00:12:30,851 --> 00:12:33,184 My favorite part of the whole house is the pool. 305 00:12:33,186 --> 00:12:35,153 It's just everything I dreamed and hoped for 306 00:12:35,155 --> 00:12:37,088 finally comes to fruition. 307 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:39,958 [ kids cheering and laughing ] 308 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,528 narrator: Unique pools are often born out of necessity, 309 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:46,164 but for the next design, the challenge was 310 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:48,900 they didn't have anything to start with in the first place. 311 00:12:48,902 --> 00:12:50,735 The only way you can describe this pool is 312 00:12:50,737 --> 00:12:52,103 it's floating in midair, 313 00:12:52,105 --> 00:12:54,572 and that makes it very, very unique. 314 00:12:54,574 --> 00:12:57,342 This window is, like, the gate to nature, infinity. 315 00:12:57,344 --> 00:12:58,443 It's amazing. 316 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:10,288 ♪♪ 317 00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:13,291 [ water bubbling ] 318 00:13:13,293 --> 00:13:15,260 ♪♪ 319 00:13:15,262 --> 00:13:18,096 narrator: On a canyon's edge of the santa monica mountains 320 00:13:18,098 --> 00:13:20,965 is a pool that stands above the rest. 321 00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:23,902 ♪♪ 322 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:25,603 the only way you can describe this pool is 323 00:13:25,605 --> 00:13:27,272 it's floating in midair, 324 00:13:27,274 --> 00:13:30,108 and that makes it very, very unique. 325 00:13:30,110 --> 00:13:31,776 One of the reasons we bought this home is 326 00:13:31,778 --> 00:13:34,145 because the view is quite spectacular, 327 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:36,347 and we decided that it's probably a good thing 328 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:38,016 to have a pool. 329 00:13:38,018 --> 00:13:41,286 Narrator: The house sits on a steep cliff overlooking the canyon, 330 00:13:41,288 --> 00:13:45,123 which makes building a pool here nearly impossible. 331 00:13:45,125 --> 00:13:48,226 Man: Hey. You're very brave, doing that. 332 00:13:48,228 --> 00:13:50,628 When you stand in this house and you look out at the view 333 00:13:50,630 --> 00:13:52,597 and someone says, "well, I want a pool," 334 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:55,433 the next question is, "well, where do you want this pool?" 335 00:13:55,435 --> 00:13:57,135 because you don't have any space. 336 00:13:57,137 --> 00:13:59,904 How do you make something unique and interesting 337 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:03,441 and make it work with the land 338 00:14:03,443 --> 00:14:05,176 and the home that you're working with? 339 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,779 This kind of project is exactly the type of project 340 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:10,515 that I like to do because it is very challenging. 341 00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:14,485 The entire pool is founded into bedrock 342 00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:17,622 with large concrete caissons. 343 00:14:17,624 --> 00:14:19,757 ♪♪ 344 00:14:19,759 --> 00:14:21,326 narrator: Caissons are support pillars 345 00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:23,995 made up of thousands of pounds of concrete. 346 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:26,264 The seven caissons hold the pool up 347 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:29,934 and give the impression that the pool is floating in midair. 348 00:14:29,936 --> 00:14:32,470 To make it even more complex, there was no access. 349 00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:36,040 It was literally a 5- or 6-foot-wide access area. 350 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:38,176 That was challenging, to say the least. 351 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,515 The pool is about 12x42 overall. 352 00:14:44,517 --> 00:14:46,017 Narrator: And this pool emulates 353 00:14:46,019 --> 00:14:49,454 the contemporary design of the house. 354 00:14:49,456 --> 00:14:52,957 Don: The infinity edge on this pool is a traditional infinity edge, 355 00:14:52,959 --> 00:14:54,859 and it flows over the edge 356 00:14:54,861 --> 00:14:56,895 of the downhill portion of this pool. 357 00:14:56,897 --> 00:14:59,330 However, the other side of the pool -- 358 00:14:59,332 --> 00:15:00,865 that's the house side -- 359 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:03,902 has what we call a perimeter overflow edge, 360 00:15:03,904 --> 00:15:06,070 which has the water flow over the top 361 00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:08,940 and down into a hidden channel. 362 00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:10,208 When swimming in the pool 363 00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:12,076 and you go towards the infinity edge, 364 00:15:12,078 --> 00:15:13,778 it's just spectacular -- the view, 365 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:16,981 and you can just float and stare out for hours. 366 00:15:16,983 --> 00:15:20,451 ♪♪ 367 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:22,787 the jacuzzi's a lot of fun to just sit in, 368 00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:24,422 have a drink, and look at the view. 369 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:27,225 It's very popular with our friends. 370 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:29,427 Narrator: Seeing the canyon across the pool 371 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:31,162 is, no doubt, amazing, 372 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:34,666 but it isn't the only way to appreciate this view. 373 00:15:34,668 --> 00:15:36,935 They also added commercial-grade windows 374 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:38,636 outside a lower-level office 375 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:40,672 and on the exterior side of the pool, 376 00:15:40,674 --> 00:15:43,174 so you can see all the way through the structure. 377 00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:45,643 I suggested the windows for the pool 378 00:15:45,645 --> 00:15:47,879 because if we didn't have a window there, 379 00:15:47,881 --> 00:15:50,148 there would have been no view whatsoever. 380 00:15:51,851 --> 00:15:54,652 You have the beautiful sparkling water day and night, 381 00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:58,523 which really enhances the view from inside the house. 382 00:15:58,525 --> 00:16:01,759 Narrator: Both windows are below the water inside the pool, 383 00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:03,661 made from high-grade custom acrylic 384 00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:05,830 typically used in aquariums. 385 00:16:05,832 --> 00:16:09,968 This window is, like, the gate to nature, infinity. 386 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:11,135 It's amazing. 387 00:16:11,137 --> 00:16:15,073 This house, although it's very valuable as-is, 388 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:19,744 will probably be increased by many millions of dollars 389 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,980 just because of the pool. 390 00:16:21,982 --> 00:16:25,249 ♪♪ 391 00:16:25,251 --> 00:16:28,586 narrator: It's called the viking triathlon. 392 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:30,822 So, you start in the hot tub, then you go into the sauna, 393 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:33,157 then you step out and you jump into the water. 394 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:34,659 But you have to do it quickly. 395 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:37,161 If you think about how cold it is, you're never gonna do it. 396 00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:40,331 Your whole body, like, tenses up immediately, 397 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,199 but it feels good, in a weird way. 398 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:42,967 Whoo! 399 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:58,082 ♪♪ 400 00:16:58,084 --> 00:17:00,051 narrator: Deep in the sonoma redwood forest 401 00:17:00,053 --> 00:17:01,853 in northern california 402 00:17:01,855 --> 00:17:04,422 is a pool that blends right into its environment. 403 00:17:04,424 --> 00:17:06,057 Olle: It doesn't look like a swimming pool. 404 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,392 I think for me, 405 00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:09,527 it was almost more of the sculptural opportunity, 406 00:17:09,529 --> 00:17:11,396 this sort of black circle of water 407 00:17:11,398 --> 00:17:14,399 literally in the treetops, which was just an exciting idea. 408 00:17:16,169 --> 00:17:19,070 Narrator: 10 years ago, before the pool was even here, 409 00:17:19,072 --> 00:17:21,973 olle built and designed a cabin on this property. 410 00:17:21,975 --> 00:17:24,642 Olle: I built it mostly myself. I'm an architect. 411 00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:27,512 You know, I've always built the places I've lived in. 412 00:17:27,514 --> 00:17:30,615 I'm a builder, I'm a maker, so to me, it's never work. 413 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:34,452 The general architecture here is rectilinear, right angles. 414 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:35,753 There's nothing curved, 415 00:17:35,755 --> 00:17:39,457 so the pool is this curved accent piece. 416 00:17:39,459 --> 00:17:42,493 Narrator: A pool wasn't in his original plans for the house, 417 00:17:42,495 --> 00:17:47,532 but olle happened to be in the right place at the right time. 418 00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:49,634 I was working on a project in napa, 419 00:17:49,636 --> 00:17:52,603 and it had this enormous redwood water tank on it, 420 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:53,805 and they were gonna bulldoze it, 421 00:17:53,807 --> 00:17:55,606 and they said, "if you want it, you can have it, 422 00:17:55,608 --> 00:17:57,508 but we need it out of here in a month." 423 00:17:57,510 --> 00:18:01,012 so in a month, we scrambled, and we had to dig foundations, 424 00:18:01,014 --> 00:18:02,513 we had to pour concrete, 425 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:05,750 we had to reframe part of the deck to accommodate it. 426 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:08,019 And then it was, well, how do you get the tank there? 427 00:18:08,021 --> 00:18:10,721 Found a company -- they took it apart, reassembled it. 428 00:18:10,723 --> 00:18:12,123 We filled it with water. 429 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:14,525 It's now a swimming pool. 430 00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:16,160 So, these are the original redwoods 431 00:18:16,162 --> 00:18:17,895 that were on the california coast. 432 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:19,964 They grew very, very slowly. 433 00:18:19,966 --> 00:18:21,566 They have incredibly tight grain, 434 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:23,267 and they have so much tannin in them 435 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:26,571 that as long as they stay wet, nothing happens to the wood. 436 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,172 It doesn't rot. 437 00:18:28,174 --> 00:18:31,976 This is without question our most photographed, 438 00:18:31,978 --> 00:18:35,012 most recognized project we've done. 439 00:18:35,014 --> 00:18:39,717 The pool is 25 feet in diameter, 14 feet deep. 440 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:43,721 It's about 50,000 gallons of water. 441 00:18:43,723 --> 00:18:45,790 Most pools, you have to put a lot of chemicals in 442 00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,158 to keep the water clean. 443 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,861 I never really wanted to put chemicals in this, 444 00:18:49,863 --> 00:18:52,997 and then I found out, also, that chlorine is really bad for wood. 445 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:56,167 Narrator: So olle had to create his own way to clean the water 446 00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:58,436 and built a biofiltration system. 447 00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:01,305 You create another body of water, 448 00:19:01,307 --> 00:19:03,074 which is really a wetlands, 449 00:19:03,076 --> 00:19:06,310 so it has aeration, it has filtration, 450 00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:09,180 and it has plants that will eat the algae 451 00:19:09,182 --> 00:19:11,883 and the other impurities that you want to get rid of 452 00:19:11,885 --> 00:19:13,951 and then pumping it back into the pool. 453 00:19:15,989 --> 00:19:20,825 I discovered this round-barrel sauna made in canada, 454 00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:23,194 which, of course, relates to the circle of the pool 455 00:19:23,196 --> 00:19:25,263 and it just -- it seemed so perfect for it, 456 00:19:25,265 --> 00:19:27,265 so I was like, "okay, that's the sauna. That's it." 457 00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:29,233 so we added the sauna, and, of course, we had to build, 458 00:19:29,235 --> 00:19:32,236 like, a two-story tower to put the thing in, 459 00:19:32,238 --> 00:19:34,505 so not the easiest foundation for a sauna. 460 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:38,676 We had to make all the modifications 461 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,945 to use the wood stove, and then we modified the front 462 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,614 to hold the firewood and the kindling and all of that, 463 00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:46,050 which is not part of their kit. 464 00:19:46,052 --> 00:19:47,385 We added a hot tub. 465 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:48,953 You get hot in the hot tub, you jump in the pool -- 466 00:19:48,955 --> 00:19:50,121 back and forth. 467 00:19:50,123 --> 00:19:52,056 Narrator: Olle combined all these elements -- 468 00:19:52,058 --> 00:19:54,725 the pool, the sauna, the hot tub -- 469 00:19:54,727 --> 00:19:58,062 into what he calls the viking triathlon. 470 00:19:58,064 --> 00:20:00,531 It's a favorite dare among his nephew and friends 471 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,833 when they come up to visit. 472 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:05,536 So, you start in the hot tub... 473 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:06,938 Then you go into the sauna. 474 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:10,841 Now it's 200 degrees dry heat -- very different. 475 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:13,811 You sit in there about 10, 15 minutes. 476 00:20:13,813 --> 00:20:17,548 Then you step out and you jump into the water. 477 00:20:17,550 --> 00:20:18,816 But you have to do it quickly. 478 00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:21,385 If you have time to think about how cold it is 479 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:23,321 or how cold it's gonna be when you hit that water, 480 00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:24,422 you're never gonna do it. 481 00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:25,623 Ohh! 482 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:28,759 Your whole body, like, tenses up immediately, 483 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:30,628 but it feels good, in a weird way. 484 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:34,432 ♪♪ 485 00:20:34,434 --> 00:20:35,566 when I think of california, 486 00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:38,236 I think of the cabin and the redwoods. 487 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:41,572 You know, now with the latest addition, sauna and the pool, 488 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,941 it's just been an amazing place to be. 489 00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:47,645 Olle: I've always wanted a place to get away in the forest. 490 00:20:47,647 --> 00:20:50,181 This is, to me, what being up here is about -- 491 00:20:50,183 --> 00:20:53,484 cooking, you know, making food for friends, entertaining. 492 00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:54,485 Hear, hear. 493 00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:56,020 [ laughter ] 494 00:20:56,022 --> 00:20:57,154 good girl. Good girl. 495 00:20:57,156 --> 00:20:58,456 Good girl. 496 00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:03,127 Olle: It's always been a place of respite, retreat. 497 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:05,196 I can't imagine a project 498 00:21:05,198 --> 00:21:07,732 that would have met our needs better than this one has. 499 00:21:07,734 --> 00:21:13,738 ♪♪ 500 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:16,807 narrator: These pools are far from your standard rectangle. 501 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:19,277 They're extraordinary and top-of-the-line 502 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:22,280 in building, design, and function. 503 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:26,317 By challenging the unthinkable, these pools became art. 504 00:21:26,319 --> 00:21:29,153 They're the talk of the town and the world 505 00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:32,757 and the best part of a backyard summer day. 506 00:21:32,759 --> 00:21:35,760 ♪♪ 507 00:21:35,762 --> 00:21:37,228 [ kids cheering and laughing ] 44955

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