In the desert metropolis of Dubai, where the summer is one long heat wave, shade is precious as people seek refuge from the sun’s scorching rays. Enter Italian architect and designer Carlo Ratti’s ...

Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...

If a child’s health and well-being can be improved with just a couple of trees, imagine what a whole school campus and a neighborhood with extra canopy coverage could do. Heather McMillen of the ...

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A city agency is replacing palms with oaks along key downtown streets. “We didn’t realize how expensive planting trees could ...

“Since shade is such an important part of our lives as an element in Houston’s weather, and that’s what we called our first restaurant, we extended this concept with Canopy, which really means a ...

In the desert metropolis of Dubai, where the summer is one long heat wave, shade is precious as people seek refuge from the sun’s scorching rays. Enter Italian architect and designer Carlo Ratti’s ...