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Swimming baths, Putney, London

RIBA11632
Powell & Moya
NOTES: These baths were given an RIBA Architecture Award in 1969.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: the pool hall looking towards the east end from the spectators' gallery

RIBA15197
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: the fountain pool at the east end

RIBA15198
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: the exit to the gardens at the east end

RIBA15199
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: staircase to the pool hall

RIBA15200
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: the east elevation with the exit doors open to the gardens

RIBA15201
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: side elevation showing the concrete fins

RIBA15202
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: close-up of the concrete fins along a side elevation

RIBA15203
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Empire Pool, Wembley, London: guards at the exit to the gardens at th east end

RIBA15204
Williams, Sir Evan Owen (1890-1969)
NOTES: Built for the 1934 Empire Games, this was the largest covered swimming pool in the world on completion. The pool was capable of being decked over to take an ice skating rink and also a tournament arena. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics, after which the building has been used for entertainment and known simply as Wembley Arena.

Badenburg, Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich: the two-storey royal bathing pavilion furnished with Delft tiles

RIBA15946
Effner, Carl Joseph von (1831-1884)
NOTES: One of four garden buildings in the grounds of Nymphenburg, the Badenburg (Bath House) was designed by Joseph von Effner for Elector Max Emanuel in 1719-1722. The heatable pool of the Badenburg was the world's first indoor swimming pool.
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