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Renzo Piano’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Brick Wahl

It might look ugly now, but in the future it will also look ugly, so there will be continuity and a sense of timeless ugliness. Plus people will always love bowling. But I think it would look better next to the Triforium.

Renzo Piano’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum.

Renzo Piano’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts, Sciences and Bowling Museum.

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