The new California Academy of Sciences designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. (photo via nytimes.com) A Building That Blooms and Grows, Balancing Nature and Civilization “Capped by a stupendous floating green roof of undulating mounds of plants, it embodies the academy’s philosophy that humanity is only one part of an endlessly complex universal system.”

The new California Academy of Sciences designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. (photo via nytimes.com)

A Building That Blooms and Grows, Balancing Nature and Civilization

“Capped by a stupendous floating green roof of undulating mounds of plants, it embodies the academy’s philosophy that humanity is only one part of an endlessly complex universal system.”