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ARCHITECT: RENZO PIANO (2008)
California Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park is both a research institute and a natural history muiseum.
The research intitute is called the Institute for Biodiversity Science and Suistainability (IBSS).
The facility is very large and is hard to take in all of it in one visit.
Exhibits include the Kimball Natural History Museum, the Morrison Planetarium, the Rain Forests of the World exhibit, and the Steinhart Aquarium.
Architect Renzo Piano received the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Award in 2009.
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TRAVEL: 2009
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Aerial view from De Young Museum tower, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
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Exterior facade, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Entry, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Interior lobby, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Tide pool exhibit, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Presentation at the Seinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Penguin exhibit, Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Rare albino American alligator exhibit, Steinhart Aquiarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Dinosaur skeleton in the Kimball Natural Historyu Museum, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
Diorama with Zebras, Kimball Natural Historyu Museum, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
The structures "Green Roof," California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
The roof facilitates letting in light, ventilation, and the collection of solar power.
Solar panels on the "Green Roof" with the De Young Museum beyond, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
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