🏛️ Modern Pool Design Trends for 2025

Where Architecture Meets Water, and the Ordinary Gets Left Behind

The days of standard rectangular pools with a diving board and some brick coping are over. In high-end Los Angeles neighborhoods, pool design is now architectural, immersive, and driven by innovation.

Clients aren’t just building pools — they’re commissioning residential water sculptures that rival five-star resorts.

At Crestline Pools, we work with architects, designers, and discerning homeowners to deliver statement pieces — and in 2025, here’s what’s defining modern luxury in outdoor design:

🌊 1. Infinity Edges & Perimeter Overflow Systems

Clean, reflective, dramatic. The negative edge (aka infinity edge) pool is no longer just for hillside properties — it’s become the signature of modern elegance.

• Seamless transitions between pool and view

• Creates mirror-like surfaces that reflect sky and architecture

• Perimeter overflow systems now create 360-degree knife-edge water lines — perfect for ultra-modern, geometric designs

• Often paired with raised spas, floating steps, and fire features

These are more than pools — they’re visual experiences.

🔥 2. Integrated Fire Elements

Nothing says luxury like fire dancing on water. In 2025, fire features aren’t just add-ons — they’re integrated design components, woven into the architecture of the space.

• Linear fire troughs flanking pools and spas

• Fire bowls with automated ignition

• Fire + water walls that serve as backdrops for the pool

• Smart controls sync with lighting and spa functions

Contrast is king: stone, tile, and water softened by firelight. It’s not just heat — it’s atmosphere.

🧊 3. Acrylic Windows & Underwater Viewing Panels

This trend is exploding. Acrylic panels and windows now allow us to see into the water from outside the pool — and vice versa.

• Great for elevated or cantilevered spas

• Let you showcase the water as part of the home’s interior or outdoor layout

• Adds a striking visual centerpiece for party spaces and entertaining areas

Combined with clean tile interiors and perimeter overflow, these installations feel like something out of a Bond movie — because they basically are.

🪟 4. Full-Tile Interiors: The New Gold Standard

Glass tile has gone from upscale accent to full-pool finish — and in 2025, tile is king. The best builds are now:

• Fully surfaced in glass, stone, or ceramic tile — waterline to floor

• Precision-set with epoxy grout systems that resist fading, cracking, and staining

• Custom-mixed for one-of-a-kind colorways and finishes

• Paired with programmable lighting for dramatic day-to-night transformations

We’re also using large format tile, mosaics, and textured materials to define sun shelves, steps, and feature walls.

Full-tile pools are a massive investment, but they age beautifully and create a resort-level finish unmatched by any plaster or pebble product.

💡 5. State-of-the-Art Plumbing & Equipment That Belongs in a Hotel

The glamour is in the finishes — but the real innovation is underground.

At Crestline Pools, we design systems that rival commercial resorts. In 2025, high-end builds are running:

• Variable-speed pumps and silent filtration

• Automated water chemistry monitoring with cloud-based control

• UV + ozone sanitation systems that drastically reduce chlorine use

• App-based control of lights, spa, heat, features — from anywhere

• Seamless integration with home automation systems (like Control4, Lutron, etc.)

And the plumbing? It’s not PVC slapped together by a guy with a hacksaw. It’s engineered, pressure-tested, optimized, and laid out like an F1 pit crew built it.

🧠 Final Thought: The Pool Is the Architecture

In the best modern homes, the pool isn’t just a feature — it’s a core part of the architectural language.

The waterline mirrors the roofline. The materials inside the pool match the façade. The hardscape doesn’t surround the pool — it flows through it.

This is where luxury is going. And in 2025, if your builder isn’t thinking like an architect, they’re already behind.

🔧 Ready to Build a Pool That Doesn’t Follow Trends — It Sets Them?

Let’s create something sculptural. Functional. Iconic. The kind of pool that makes people stop in their tracks — and then dive in.

📞 661-670-7005📧 gage@crestlinepools.com