Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo.

Piano Plays in San Francisco

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California Academy of Sciences, Renzo Piano, 2008/PHOTOS: TIM GRIFFITH

I spent some time last week in San Francisco with Renzo Piano before the opening of his new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.

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Solar Canopy, California Academy of Sciences

Then I wrote about the Age of Piano in this week's Time.

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Rainforest Sphere, California Academy of Sciences

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