The Stavanger Svømmehall is the building of a public swimming pool that has a floor area of 1,250 square meters and consists of approx. 7,000 cubic meters of concrete. It contains a 25-meter pool with diving platforms, a children's pool and a sauna area, as well as offices located in the upper part of the building.

The architects Gert Walter Thuesen and Jacob Grytten drew inspiration from Swiss architect Le Corbusier and designed the swimming pool in Brutalist style. Built into a slope, the building is reminiscent of the La Tourette monastery in France through a whole range of design elements. These include the three lower floors, each of which is structured at the window fronts by vertical, irregularly arranged beams, and the projecting section of the upper floors, which in turn are surrounded by grid-like concrete brise soleils.

The interior is also characterized by Brutalist elements. The hall of the swimming pool has exposed concrete walls, which are complemented with one artistic relief and sculptural protruding jumping platforms. A special feature is the large circular skylight, through which daylight enters the building. A lot of daylight also floods the atrium on the upper office floors.

In use and good condition. The Stavanger Svømmehall was extensively renovated from 2017 to 2019 with strong consideration for the preservation of the façade in beton brut. Responsible for the architectural design was a group of architects in Stavanger kommune/Byggeprosjekter which started with the design process in 2015 in close dialogue with the city antiquarian in Stavanger. They agreed that it was «lucky» that the rehabilitation didn’t start a decade earlier, because the Brutalist style of the architecture might not have been that much appreciated during that time, explained Kathrine Kastellet, one of the responsible architects. 

During the rehabilitation, electrochemical concrete rehabilitation, chloride extraction and re-alkalization were carried out to secure the reinforcement of the concrete. The building was insulated on the inside of the exterior walls and on the roof. An old surface treatment was removed from the concrete and a new impregnation with SurfaPore C was applied. In this way, the structure of the panel façade was preserved.

The swimming pool reopened in the spring of 2019.