Influential Dutch studio MVRDV has been chosen to radically renovate a disused church. The former place of worship is being transformed into a public swimming pool, complete with a movable floor that ...

“Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a church vault and stained-glass windows,” says MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. Well, soon you’ll be able to. Dutch architecture studios MVRDV and ...

St. Francis of Assisi Church in Heerlen, the Netherlands, has been vacant since 2023. The architects imagine it with a new social function. (Courtesy MVRDV) St. Francis of Assisi Church has been ...

BILLINGS (AP) — A church has announced plans to build a public swimming pool, something voters refused to do when bond measures for pool financing were before them. Harvest Church outlined plans for a ...

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit. “Imagine swimming the backstroke with a view of a ...