Q: We are planning to add a hot tub to our deck. To keep the tub close to the house, we are considering placing a 78-inch square concrete pad four inches thick under two spruce trees planted six feet ...

Designer Omer Arbel’s Vancouver studio has made a film documenting the concrete forms of House 75.0, which is being built on a hay farm near Surrey in British Columbia, Canada. The video shows the ...

If you are a regular readers of this column, you often read our recommendations about trees for the garden. You've read about large trees for shade, small trees for accent, trees that flower, trees ...

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Since its installation half a century ago, the Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis has been known as “Minnesota’s Main Street.” And what’s a Main Street without trees? As the $50 million makeover of ...

Why do some parts of your city feel hotter? From concrete heat traps to the cooling power of trees, here’s how urban design ...