The Royal Commonwealth Pool is the main swimming pool in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is usually simply referred to as the Commonwealth Pool, or colloquially as the Commie.
A long course (50m) pool, designed by RMJM, it was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games, and it was used again in the 1986 games and will also host the Diving Competitions for the 2014 Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow. The pool cost $3.84 million to build in 1970.
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The Royal Commonwealth Pool is the main swimming pool in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is usually simply referred to as the Commonwealth Pool, or colloquially as the Commie.
A long course (50m) pool, designed by RMJM, it was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games, and it was used again in the 1986 games and will also host the Diving Competitions for the 2014 Commonwealth Games being held in Glasgow. The pool cost $3.84 million to build in 1970.
In 1993 it was selected by the international conservation organisation DoCoMoMo as one of sixty key Scottish monuments of the post-war period. It was also nominated in 2002 by the Architecture Heritage Society of Scotland as one of the most significant modern contributions to Scottish heritage, sentiments echoed in Prospect 100 best modern Scottish buildings, published in 2005.
On 28th June 2009, the pool was closed to the public in order to begin a two year refurbishment program. The refurbishment will include new 25m diving and teaching pools, and...
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