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The Design 100
Great design is no longer reserved solely for museum-worthy products, as multitasking designers turn their attention to everything from books to artisanal food, and from lighting to transportation
California Academy of Sciences
Renzo Piano's vision for the California Academy of Sciences' new home was to metaphorically lift a piece of land and place the museum underneath. The remarkable new facilitywhich houses a planetarium, an aquarium, a natural-history museum and a rain forest and is expected to attain leed platinum statussits under a 2.5-acre (1 hectare) living roof. Unlike traditional museums, the building is encased by glass walls, allowing light to stream into more than 90% of regularly occupied spaces and creating a sense of fusion with the surrounding park.
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