In the desert, shade can be hard to come by. Trees for shade demand water throughout their entire lives, so growing for shade becomes difficult and costly. It also takes a lifetime to achieve. In the ...

A cylindrical, concrete shade structure designed with the aesthetics of the surrounding desert landscape in mind was recently unveiled at Joshua Tree National Park. The Carapace Pavilion — named for a ...

Texas Tech University College of Architecture professors and research partners Stephen Mueller and Ersela Kripa examine a paper prototype of a shade structure designed by their software, which focuses ...

The Tucson sun is relentless. Despite our cloudless skies and abundant sunny days, many of us are reluctant to spend time outside in our yards and gardens due to the heat and brightness. Some shade is ...

Students will design and build a structure that can block the sun to create a shaded area and will test to see if the shady spot is cooler. Sunlight warms the Earth’s surface. Certain structures are ...