Basic Information for California Academy of Sciences

The building name : California Academy of Sciences
Location : 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118
Architect : Renzo Piano
Date of construction : 2008 (rebuilt)


Purpose  & Function
     Main purpose of this building is to provide education and trigger interest to people in science. It has exhibition about natural history and other museums. The academy institute also provide place for researchers. They have different fields as background and the institute publishes journal : Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences [1].

Users or program of the building
   The most of users are visitor to California Academy of Sciences. Some of them are local people living near by, students, or tourists. Also, scientists are main users of this building. They have exhibits following different topics ; for example, there are exhibition about Osher Rainforest, Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, hands-on exhibits(people can touch live animal here), Human Odyssey. The building have also place for dinning and shopping for visitors [2].


Reference [1] Wikipedia, 27 January 2015, California of Academy of Science
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Academy_of_Sciences)

[2] California of Academy of Science official website, 2015
(http://www.calacademy.org/)