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Design Award 2023
Biotop Design Award: These are the most beautiful natural pools and swimming ponds
Swimming like a pro in a natural pool
From dream to reality: an easy-care sports pool with natural water
Saving water and resources
Natural pools are a more sustainable version of the swimming pool
22 March is World Water Day
Water is an immensely valuable, if not the most valuable, resource on our planet.
Design Award 2021
Biotop awards prizes for the most beautiful natural Pools and Swimming Ponds
COVID-19 - No danger of contracting coronavirus while swimming
The currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has no negative consequences in regard to the use of Swimming Ponds and Living Pools
The Biotop Partner Event 2019
The annual Partner Event took place on 21 and 22 November in London.
Frog Princes Kissed by Biotop: The Winners of the Design Awards
As every year, the voting for the Design Frog Princes 2019 took place in the course of the Partner Event in London.
Tips and Instructions for Care and Maintenance
The care of your Living-Pool or Natural Pool is important to us at BIOTOP. We have therefore designed a comprehensive service page with new videos.
The Biotop Partner Event 2018
The annual Biotop Partner Event took place in Vienna on 22–23 November 2018 beginning with the traditional cocktail reception held on the preceding Wednesday evening in the hotel sun room.
When Frogs Become Princes—the Biotop Design Frog Princes 2018 Have Been Awarded!
As in previous years, the nine Partners having completed the most appealing projects were voted on during the Biotop Partner Event
Pondy Awards 2017
Last year, two BIOTOP Partners were among the winners of the Pondy Awards, the “Oscars” of the swimming pond industry
ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE BIOTOP DESIGN FROG PRINCE AWARDS 2017
As usual, the most important and exciting BIOTOP competition took place during the annual Partner event in Rotterdam.
BIOTOP Partner Event 2017 - A magical evening
On 22 and 23 November 2017, the BIOTOP Partner Event, annual highlight for BIOTOP and its Partner group that currently includes 80 members, took place in Rotterdam.
The nominations are in!
Following the voting by the judges, four finalists remain per category, and the winners will be determined by the participants in the Partner Event
NGS Open Gardens, Ellicar Gardens, 17th September 2017
BIOTOP partner Ensata will be opening Ellicar Gardens to raise money for the National Garden Scheme charities.
Inventor officially opens natural swimming pool at new luxury glamping resort
The new luxury £4 million touring and glamping resort Love2Stay, near Shrewsbury, has opened to guests from around the UK and Europe, who are taking advantage of the summer weather and enjoying the stunning, state-of-the-art, natural, chemical free, swimming pool at the heart of the development.
Natural Swimming Pool Day – 16 June, 2017
Take a Dip on Natural Swimming Pool Day – 16 June, 2017
NEW BIOTOP PARTNER IN THE UK - ELEMENTS OF NATURE
We are delighted to announce that Phil Meads from Elements of Nature has joined our BIOTOP team of specialist pool partners in the UK.
NGS Open Gardens, Ellicar Gardens, 26th February 2017
BIOTOP partner Ensata will be opening Ellicar Gardens to raise money for the National Garden Scheme charities.
New luxury glamping resort to showcase latest in natural swimming pool design
A new luxury £4 million touring and glamping resort which is being built near Shrewsbury, is to feature a stunning, state-of-the-art natural, chemical free, swimming pool at the heart of the development.
ONE VOICE BIOTOP – THE PARTNER EVENT 2016
A strong group speaking a single language, at the most important network event of the group, which has grown to 80 partners.
THE PRESS FROG PRINCE AWARD IN THE BIOTOP DESIGN COMPETITION 2016
The winning project comes from Salzburg in Austria. A Living-Pool overlooking the fortress Hohensalzburg.
The winners of the Biotop Design Frog King Award 2016
The winning projects in Luxembourg, England and Austria
The nominations are in!
The finalists for the 2016 Design Frog Prince award have been chosen.
Experiencing Architecture at BIOTOP
The OPEN HOUSE concept, providing visitors with a free experience of architecture, is hosted in 30 cities around the world; this year, Vienna’s third participation extends to Lower Austria for the first time.
Australian BIOTOP Partner Wins Two Awards
A pool created by Natural Swimming Pools Australia as part of an award-winning project and showcase at the biennial Venice Architecture Exhibition.
BIOTOP UK launch new pools video
BIOTOP launches its new UK Pools video, highlighting the range of natural swimming pools available.
One year on since the opening of the UK’s First Public Natural Swimming Pool
It is just over a year since the UK’s first public natural swimming pond was opened within London’s innovative King’s Cross Development, having been built by BIOTOP’s UK partner Kingcombe Aquacare Ltd.
The most exciting Communal Natural Pool in the World
Mountain Beach, Gaschurn, Austria is probably the largest organic/natural pool in the world, if not the most exciting. David Pagan Butler was invited to take a look and show how this pool works.
The fascination of seeing from a bird’s eye view
Over the last several weeks five videos of BIOTOP natural pools were filmed, purely by coincidence, showing all three from a bird’s eye view.
