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This week, plans for vertigo-inducing swimming pools in London and India emerged
This week on Dezeen: two proposals for glass-bottomed swimming pools suspended between high-rise buildings went viral this week.
![Glass-bottomed swimming pool to be suspended 10 storeys above south London](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/08/Sky-Pool-Arup-Associates_Dezeen_SQ1.jpg)
The first swimming-pool design to hit the headlines this week was described by its developers in London as the "world's first", but a second dizzying design already under construction in India (main image) was quickly publicised in its wake.
![Preston Bus Station redevelopment by John Puttick Associates](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/08/Preston-bus-station-competition_dezeen_sq.jpg)
US practice John Puttick Associates won the competition to overhaul the Brutalist and Grade-II listed Preston Bus Station and Zaha Hadid completed a protective canopy for New York's High Line.
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BIG launched a crowdfunding campaign for its smoke-ring-blowing chimney project and a Berlin crowdsourcing platform announced an open design competition to repurpose a defunct railway bridge.
![Container Skyscraper, Mumbai by CRG Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/08/Container-Skyscraper-Mumbai-by-CRG-Architects_dezeen_sqa.jpg)
Plans to replace slum housing with a pair of skyscrapers formed from shipping containers were released, while architectural designer James Furzer developed parasitic housing for London's homeless.
![Linear park in Mexico City by Fernando Romero](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/08/New-linear-park-in-Mexico-City-by-Fernando-Romero_dezeen_sqa.jpg)
In other news, architects in Mexico revealed a masterplan for a public park in the middle of a busy city road and Dezeen Watch Store redesigned its website.
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Denise Scott Brown defended Postmodernism, while Owen Hatherley explored the controversial movement's "unforgivable" legacy in the latest pieces from our summer-long series.
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Popular projects this week on Dezeen included a battery-powered board for waveless surfing, glove-like socks made from a material stronger than steel and a residential extension added to a heritage-listed home in London.
![JJ House by Space Group Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2015/08/JJ-House-by-Space-Group-Architects_dezeen_sq.jpg)
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