But Singh says that the technology of artificial grass has improved in the last decade. So if you’re installing turf, be sure to look for brands that offer cooling features and water ...

Gigantic concrete and glass saucers in Runyon Canyon, a three-mile-long people mover in downtown--a look at the L.A. that was never built.

Artificial grass—which traces its synthetic roots rather unglamorously to the athletic stadiums that first popularized Astroturf in the mid ’60s—is in vogue in certain landscape design circles.