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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 An Organic Farm Brings Agriculture and Architecture Together — Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008.1121Oakland Uptown Promises Transit-Oriented, Sustainable Building in Downtown — AIArchitect, 2008.1121 Blue Is the New Green — New York Times, 2008.1120 Hillcrest Earns LEED Platinum Certification — MIddlebury Campus News, 2008.1120 Will the Economic Downturn Kill Green Building? — Grist, 2008.1119 Book Explores World of 'Flying Toilets' — New York Times, 2008.1119 USGBC's Upgraded Standards Ready to Roll for 2009 — Greener Buildings, 2008.1118 Forestry Carbon Dioxide Projects to Close Down — Nature, 2008.1118 Aquarium of the Pacific Opens Carbon Neutral Aquarium Building — Z & A Visitor, 2008.1118 Living Off What Nature Provides — Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.1118 Los Angeles Architects Recognize Top Green Design Firm — PR Web, 2008.1118 Obama Vows Climate Action Despite Financial Crisis — Reuters, 2008.1118 Financial Crisis Gives Green Builders a Welcome Boost — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.1118 Green Tips for Condo, Apartment Dwellers — CBS News, 2008.1118 Obama's Green Building Agenda — BusinessWeek, 2008.1117 The Beautifully Unfolding Ocho Casas Housing Complex — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.1117 Museum Features Tiny Town That Went Green — Morning News, 2008.1117 Trees and Consumption: A Forest of Calculations — New York Times, 2008.1117 The New MacBook's Green Credentials — New York Times, 2008.1117 Prius Diary Extra - How Green Should Detroit Be? — New York Times, 2008.1117 Going Green: Still Challenging Turf — New York Times, 2008.1116 Green Gap — Wall Street Journal, 2008.1116 At Exxon, Making the Case for Oil — New York Times, 2008.1116 Calculating the Costs of Climate Change in California — New York Times, 2008.1114 Designing Green Buildings for the Real World — New York Times, 2008.1114 EPA Ruling over Climate Jeopardizes Coal Plants — Reuters, 2008.1114 Marine Dead Zones Set to Expand Rapidly — Nature, 2008.1114 Water Laws May Be Used to Fight Warming — New York Times, 2008.1113 California Academy of Sciences — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112
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