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The California Academy of Sciences building with a green roof covered in plants and several rounded mounds, surrounded by landscaped gardens in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
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California Academy of Sciences

institution, San Francisco, California, United States
Also known as: CAS
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California Academy of Sciences (CAS), in San Francisco, oldest scientific institution in the western United States (incorporated 1853). The academy is situated in Golden Gate Park. Since the buildingā€™s redesign (completed 2008) by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, it includes a number of museums under one roofā€”the Living Roof, covered with native California plants and complete with hillocks that echo the cityā€™s landscape. The roof was designed to aid in cooling the building naturally during...

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