Architecture is no longer about just building static boxes that sit stubbornly against the elements. Modern designers are ...

An artist-rendered composition of the Ryan Gray playground with the added shade structures. Right now, when the sun beats down on Hillcrest Elementary’s Ryan Gray Playground, there’s no shade where ...

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 ...

AGENCY Architecture is located in El Paso, Texas, and our work has focused largely on ideas that shape our border-adjacent desert context, with a particular sensitivity to social issues, ecological ...

Visitors to the Mandel Recreation Center's southern field will get relief from the Florida sun now that the Palm Beach Architectural Commission has voted to approve the installation of a new pergola ...

Snøhetta’s exuberant reimagining of the grounds of the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin is very much of this moment. Photogenic and selfie-friendly from a thousand angles, 12 ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Forge Prize winner Mile Zero is a conceptual steel shade structure inspired by Japanese art and complex technique kirigami. Similar to origami, ...

A great way to help yourself (and wildlife!) cool down this summer is to build a shade garden. These gardens take on many shapes and sizes, from pre-built structures like pergolas to an abundance of ...