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Introduction The Academy of Sciences in California is the most current museum by Renzo Piano, which delivers an enlightened and sustainable solution to a building designed in the year 1934 with an avant-garde design. Nearly 10 years of work and $500 million were invested in this building, a masterpiece of sustainable architecture, which blends perfectly […]

By Clifford A. Pearson Renzo Piano calls his new building for the California Academy of Sciences a “soft machine.” “It soun... Site Plans, Renzo Piano, Science Sans, California Academy Of Sciences, New Building, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Travel, Diagram Architecture, Science Center

By Clifford A. Pearson Renzo Piano calls his new building for the California Academy of Sciences a “soft machine.” “It sounds better in Italian, because machine brings to mind the process of making and Leonardo in his workshop,” he explains, pronouncing the Italian word macchina. The architect and his team at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) conceived of the 410,000-square-foot project as a manifestation of the academy’s mission to study, store, and exhibit the wonders of natural…