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That would be so cool and terrifying to swim in!

I love it! What a cool view while you are swimming!

I love it! What a cool view while swimming. And how about the view for outside looking in?

this is insane.

Just yesterday I said my dream home would have a lap pool, but this one is sure a case of "be careful what you wish for!"

Wooooooow.

Speaking of cantilevered, is Falling Water still falling?

I could never go in that pool because every time I got in I'd be overwhelmed by the urge to give someone the old pressed hams.

That... is.... Awesome!!!!

that is crazy and amazing. that tree is sweet too.

"Speaking of cantilevered, is Falling Water (Sic) still falling?"

No - The Conservancy successfully completed their work of re-enforcing Fallingwater's cantilevers w/ steel cables several years back.

http://www.wpconline.org/fallingwater/restoration/updatesjuly.htm

That is just.....incredible.

If the end cracked/gave way you would have a real quick exit into the yard.

Ha I literally said "No" as I scrolled down the page, before I even got to the text. It's like you READ my MIND man.

That gnarly tree just makes it awesome. Wouldn't be nearly as cool looking without the tree there.

Very cool. Must be a strong structure to support all that water weight.

Wish there were a mark on the glass at the end of the pool - I'd be nervous about not noticing when to do a flip turn!

I'm blown away by this!

I could never go in that pool because every time I got in I'd be overwhelmed by the urge to give someone the old pressed hams.

You say this like it's a bad thing... ;)

I really don't get how this works. That amount of water weighs more than a fully loaded tanker truck. I would have thought that even reinforced concrete would snap like a fresh stick of celery under that much weight.

I wonder how you'd clean the thing?

I have to say, I'd be wary of flip turning on that wall...I just feel like I might brake it!

"I would have thought that even reinforced concrete would snap like a fresh stick of celery under that much weight."

It's called "Engineering"

There's obviously a great deal of steel in the walls of that thing providing the tensile strength necessary to support the cantilevered mass of the pool, water, swimmers and a percentage of extra weight "just in case".

Every bridge is built the same way: the deck needs to support it's half of the span between pylons, plus any vehicles, wind loads and a percentage of additional weight "Just in case"

This is simply half-a bridge.

"I wonder how you'd clean the thing?"

How do you clean a regular pool?

"Oh, cabaaaaaaana booooooy!"

It looks like a highway.

I don't have experience with pools, but I think you use a net to scoop random crap out of it. But it would seem like you'd need a super-long pole to get stuff on the far end of the pool since you can't walk around the pool to clean it. Or hope it floats over to you eventually.

So again, how does one clean a pool that is mostly hanging in the air?

Looks like the Joule Hotel in Dallas...

http://i30.tinypic.com/fcl7ro.jpg

Amazing and wonderful! A swimmer could clean it if needed and there does look to be a ledge where someone could walk carefully.... let's not be so picky about the cleaning part, guys! Let's enjoy the masterful design and imagine how awesome it would be to backstroke being that close to heaven.