California Academy of Sciences - Living Roof and Integrated Institutions

The California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park combines a natural history museum, the Steinhart Aquarium, the Morrison Planetarium, and a four-story rainforest under a 2.5-acre living roof. The building, rebuilt and reopened in 2008, was designed for sustainability and houses live ecosystems and research facilities under one roof. Its integrated combination of major museum functions and a planted living roof makes it an uncommon institutional arrangement in a single museum building.