Superior Shade at University of West Georgia. Image Courtesy of Superior Recreational Products In any successful architectural project, it is essential to provide users with a comfortable outdoor ...

From curious vines to fast-growing trees, consider these options for relief from summer heat. Trees perform valuable services like limiting floods, controlling erosion, absorbing pollution, and ...

Shade garden ideas are a life-saver when you're working with a space that has little to no sun in certain areas. But how exactly can you transform a dark and dull space into a lighter, brighter one?

A balcony, whether it's on a compact city apartment or leading off of a bedroom or sunroom in a larger property, is a welcome feature, providing additional outside space and light. Yet in high summer, ...

Professor Katie Colford describes the project: We worked with the Digital Scholarship Lab and the MakerLab in service of a project called “Shaping Shade” to design shade structures for City of Waltham ...