Learn more about the 2 5 acre oasis atop the museum.
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The undulating green roof that sits atop the new california academy of sciences building in san francisco s golden gate park tries to strike a similar balance.
The california academy of sciences features a living green roof with native plants insulation made from.
The california academy of sciences is the largest public leed platinum rated building and the greenest museum anywhere.
Aside from its green roof the building is a feat of institutional green building.
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Like the museum it shelters it is designed to respect the natural world even as it appropriates it serving at once as a wildlife habitat and a first rate work of art.
Situated in the heart of one of the country s largest urban parks the world s first and largest double leed platinum museum the california academy of sciences cas stands proudly with exhibition space education conservation and research beneath one roof in san francisco s golden gate park.
The new academy building will house an aquarium planetarium and exhibition spaces and is set to open in 2008.
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A building heralded as the greenest museum in the world opens saturday in san francisco.
One of san francisco s most exciting green projects is the construction of.
Rolling hills and 1 7 million plants create an oasis for native species atop the academy s 2 5 acre living roof.