new hills of sf

One of the seven hills on the roof at the new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.

Installation is now underway on the largest living roof in California, a 2.5-acre expanse of native plants atop the museum under construction and set to open in 2008. Hailed as the most complicated roof ever constructued by architects and contractors alike, the 2.5-acre roof features seven dramatic hills blanketed with nine species of native California plants. This innovative roof, which creates a new link in the ecological corridor for wildlife, will make the museum--both figuratively and literally--the greenest ever constructed. Design by Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, the new building is expected to be the first museum to achieve a LEED platinum certification and will stand as an embodiment of the Academy's mission to explore, explain and protect the natural world.

Building Nature
Growing A Roof
Rainforest Hill

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