To celebrate Independence Day we've rounded up eight American houses with amazing swimming pools to dream about hosting a Fourth of July party at.

Edwin Residence in Los Angeles, California by Heusch
Beverly Hills architecture office Heusch renovated this mid-century house above Mulholland Drive in the Santa Monica Mountains.
The architects demolished an existing living room to build a curved infinity pool that has views of Los Angeles below.
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Atelier 216 in the Hamptons, New York, by Studio Zung
A stepped deck surrounds the swimming pool of this house in the Hamptons designed by New York-based architecture firm Studio Zung.
The architects designed the house, located on an exclusive part of Long Island, to look like a contemporary wood-clad barn. Find out more about Atelier 216 ?

Valley of the Moon house in Sonoma Valley, California, by Butler Armsden
San Francisco architecture studio Butler Armsden built a saltwater lap pool for this cedar-clad house in Sonoma Valley.
Surrounded by redwood trees, the pool sits in the centre of a courtyard, a design choice Butler Armsden used to recall the Spanish haciendas built in the area during the 18th century.
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Slate House in Baltimore County, Maryland, by Ziger Snead Architects
Baltimore-based Ziger Snead Architects built Slate House to replace a ranch-style house lost in a fire. The house is clad in blackened wood, as a way to memorialize the ...