No “Kingdom Of Darkness” In Piano’s Science Center

At the new California Academy of Sciences building, opening Saturday in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, “[e]very penny of its hefty $488 million cost is on view, gorgeously packaged by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. Its overarching messages are the essential role of evolution in the work of the natural sciences and the urgency of addressing global climate change. In Piano’s design, the medium is the message.”