A red-tailed hawk glides in lazy circles high above the stretch of wash separating the Indian Canyons from homes in Palm Springs’ eclectic Smoke Tree Ranch. His shrill cries punctuate the thick desert ...

The term "desertscaping" often conjures images of a barren aesthetic — a bed of decomposed granite sparsely dotted with cactus — that mimics the most arid wild desert landscape. And while a return to ...

Problem: Bare spot in your desert landscape, travel often, desire to have a strong focal point in your Arizona desert home. Solution: An architectural plant, very low water and that works perfectly in ...

Creating a beautiful outdoor space shouldn’t feel like signing up for a second job. Low-maintenance landscaping saves you ...

When Christopher Greer was putting together a landscape plan for a new home near Canyon Lake two years ago, he knew his client had moved to Texas from the Northeast. So his plan called for plants and ...

Do you xeriscape? Wouldn’t you love to brag about it? Send us photos of your household landscape and we’ll show it off in an online slideshow with other Valley homes’ low-water-use plant set-ups. With ...

Built into the mountainside in Henderson, NV, this new 7,600-square-foot residence by studio g ARCHITECTURE offers 270-degree ...

Few architects have invested more time trying to bridge the gap between the high-tech aesthetics of the West and the traditions of the Middle East than Jean Nouvel. His design for the Arab World ...

Tom Weiskopf's final design brings the beauty of southwestern Utah to the forefront, with emerald fairways carved from lava ...