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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Renzo Piano demonstrates a mastery of light throughout his work. At the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, he exhibits the same care lighting a museum of the natural world as he has in lighting some of the world's finest art collections.
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Although the last two decades have seen Vancouver, Canada, grab more attention for its elegant forest of tall, slender, glassy condominium towers, the city's smaller neighbor, Victoria, is making some waves of its own. The comparatively sleepy British Columbia capital, with a population of just under 80,000, is home to one of the most ambitious sustainable development projects undertaken in Canada.
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More Environment California Academy of Sciences — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112New Global Warming Law Won't Happen Soon — MSNBC, 2008.1112 Green Charter for Building Sector — BBC News, 2008.1112 'Green' Art Museum to Open in Buffalo, NY — Market Watch, 2008.1112 With Lower Gas Prices, Truck Sales Rebound (but It’S Complicated) — New York Times, 2008.1112 Green Buildings Get a Boost from Wells Fargo — New Mexico Business Weekly, 2008.1111 Maldives Considers Buying Dry Land If Seas Rise — New York Times, 2008.1111 Brown Is the New Green — Palo Alto Online, 2008.1111 Sustainable Cities — Thomas Net, 2008.1111 Michigan's New Energy Code Concerns Home Builders — Michigan Live, 2008.1111 Sustain a House of Green — Plant Services, 2008.1110 Hastings Public Library Achieves LEED Gold Certification — Reed Construction Data, 2008.1110 Designers Learn from Nature to Achieve a Platinum-Perfect Building — Business Courier, 2008.1110 Report Calls for Overhaul of Power Grid to Handle Sun and Wind Power — New York Times, 2008.1109 Raising a Village from Scratch — Boston Globe, 2008.1109 Energy Efficiency Drives Home Building — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2008.1109 The Climate for Change — New York Times, 2008.1109 Climate First for Obama Transition Team — Nature, 2008.1108 Open Brief Becomes Dream Home — The Australian, 2008.1108 Green Plans in Blueprints of Retailers — New York Times, 2008.1108 Chestnut House: Light, Airy Coastal Eco-Living — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.1107 Architect's Challenge: Ultra-Green on a Budget — Korea Times, 2008.1107 The Green RV — New York Times, 2008.1107 Tired Strip Malls Present Opportunities to Reshape the Landscape — Oregonian, 2008.1107 Energy Star Program Rates Electricity Use of Televisions — Oregonian, 2008.1107 AIA Greens Its Headquarters — Washington Business Journal, 2008.1106 Washington State Penitentiary Expansion Earns LEED Silver Certification — Contract Magazine, 2008.1105 What Obama's Win Means for Science — Nature, 2008.1105 At Specialty Garage, Making Hybrids Even Greener — New York Times, 2008.1105 Efficiency's Mark: City Glitters a Little Less — New York Times, 2008.1102 Judge Kills Mayor's Try at Greening Taxi Fleets — New York Times, 2008.1101 Google's Green Agenda Could Pay Off — New York Times, 2008.1028
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