Desert modernism reminds us that the best landscaping ideas are often the simplest, offering a way to live in harmony with the natural ecosystem by creating a design that allows the built and natural ...

Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

The latest edition of Desert X AlUla showcases larger-than-life sculptures by 11 Saudi, Indian and international artists.

This past year, I had to retrofit my landscape. The traditional green lawn was swallowing up too much water. Not only was it a gluttonous use of the precious water resource, but also water rates had ...

Xeric trees and shrubs — including many of our plants originating from our Southwest deserts — seem like magic; give them an irrigation after a long dry period, they grow leaves again, and many flower ...

The golden age of California resort culture during the 1930s saw Hollywood stars and wealthy industrialists transform the desert oasis of Palm Springs into America's most glamorous winter playground.

Opposite The Desert Inn was the Paul Grimm Gallery where his paintings were displayed in the front window and offered for sale. The little gallery building, at 122 N. Palm Canyon Drive, was described ...

North Boulder Library’s polygonal geometries recall the high desert landscape and the mountain ranges on the horizon. (Bruce Damonte) WORKac, which Andraos has led with Dan Wood since its founding in ...