Cool in the Shade

In its broadest sense, architecture includes the impact of good design on public policies and health. Designing for shade aims to strengthen the ties between effective design and skin cancer prevention. The possibilities for preventative design are significant when a broad-based constituency of architectural, urban design, landscaping, planning and health professionals seek to understand the ramifications and implications of this important health issue.

Shade systems can be built, natural or a combination of these. It is rare that a single solution, eg. constructing a shade structure, will provide enough shade to protect against direct and indirect UVR. This month on CADdetails, we explore a series of actions that can be used as part of a comprehensive strategy to provide adequate shade in a range of situations.

New this month, CAST Lighting. Founded by former wholesale distributor and Landscape Lighting instructor David Beausoleil, CAST products include; state-of-the-art hand-made solid bronze fixtures; efficient, easy-to-install multi-tap landscape lighting transformers & No-Ox™ tin-coated marine grade landscape lighting wire.

It's a Shady Deal! Read about one community's plan to give away over 15,000, 10-15 gallon nursery quality shade trees to residents and K-12 schools.

The result - a revolution in the Landscape Lighting Industry! Click on the CAD logo, below, to see why.

Colorful CoolToppers™ from Landscape Structures give you several options for creating shade on a park or playground. Also see LSI's newest climbing innovation, The Rock.


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New from Creative Pipe, the patented Twister Umbrella is the only folding, wind resistant, aluminum umbrella.

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The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) will make seven (7) Shade Structure Grant awards in 2004. The deadline for grant applications is Friday, June 18.