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 ...

Students in Kennesaw State University’s Master Craftsman Program are in a unique position of having their creativity incorporated into public spaces around the city. The city of Kennesaw recently held ...

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 ...

One of the two compressors used to chill the surface of the city’s new, $10 million ice ribbon failed when it was initially installed, but a replacement is belching steam and planners are still ...

On sweltering summer days there are few places more inviting than a cooling patch of shade. But in some sunbaked urban environments, it can be frustratingly difficult to find an escape. Hoping to ...

USC is launching a first-of-its-kind student design competition to tackle one of the region's growing threats -- extreme heat. The Shade Zones Design Competition kicks off in the fall and will run ...

LAS CRUCES - The city has signaled it will go with the most expensive option for shade structures in the downtown Plaza de Las Cruces, but also the option that's perhaps the most durable and doles out ...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Sidewalk Shade Project is aiming to make some of the Valley's sizzling-hot streets a little safer and more tolerable. Early plans show that more than two dozen shade structures ...

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 ...

Public Square Group board member Vince Frantz, an avid skateboarder and Lakewood resident, played a key role in researching and identifying the RCP Shelters amenity. “We kind of knew this might be ...