Readers may remember the Piscine Molitor as the abandoned public swimming pool in Paris, France which gave its name to the main character in the novel and later movie Life of Pi. Largely abandoned ...

Piscine Molitor, once one of Paris's most fashionable public swimming pools, reopened on Monday 85 years after Parisians first entered its tiers of art deco cubicles. This time, though, it's part of a ...

There was a time, not long ago, when Piscine Molitor was the place to be. Tucked away in the leafy outskirts of Paris, the pool opened with Art Deco splendor in 1929, and soon became a magnet for all ...

When reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, one of the things you may be struck by is the huge number of Parisian swimming pools mentioned in the chapter three of the book. Piscine Molitor figures most ...

For 60 years, the Piscine Molitor—tucked away in the leafy outskirts of Paris—was the height of French sophistication: an Art Deco destination for chic sunbathers and sophisticated celebrities to swim ...

Piscine Molitor, one of Paris's most fashionable public swimming pools, reopened on Monday, 85 years after it was established. The refurbished pool is now part of part of a hotel and a day's swimming ...

It was, in the words of production designer David Gropman, “a very large endeavor for a very short moment”. For Ang Lee’s Life Of Pi, designers created a faithful reproduction of the real-life Piscine ...

In a twist of history, one of the newest additions to the Paris hotel landscape is a once-glamorous and once-defunct 85-year-old swimming pool. Built in 1929, the Piscine Molitor was long en vogue ...