{"product_id":"mass-moca-from-mill-to-museum-1","title":"Mass Moca: From Mill to Museum","description":"The result of more than a decade of careful planning, designing, and building, the newly opened Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art pays tribute to nearly a century's worth of industry, labor, and commerce. Located in the college town of North Adams in a series of old mill buildings that once housed a textile factory and later an electrical company, MASS MoCA is a stunning example of intelligent, civic-minded architectural gentrification and visionary planning.The story of how MASS MoCA came to be -- from its conception in 1986 to its opening in the summer of 1999 -- is eloquently told in words and pictures in this beautifully designed volume. More than 100 black and white and color photographs document the painstaking transformation of a 19th-century mill complex, listed on the national Historic Register, into a museum that would house the world's largest collection of contemporary art. Museum Director Joseph Thompson offers a fascinating history of the site and his struggles to get the project off the ground, as well as a curatorial essay that reveals how the AIA Award-winning complex blurs the traditional lines between production and exhibition space to offer unique opportunities for artists and visitors alike. A unique and triumphant story of successful interaction between postindustrial concerns and historic preservation. Mill to Museum is a lesson in how architects, artists, citizens and government can work together to transform not only a building-but the very way we experience art and architecture.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0970073801\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: LFV.0970073801.N\u003cbr\u003eCondition: New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thompson, Joseph|Bruner, Simeon|Heon, John|Trainer, Jennifer|Whitman, Nicholas\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books for Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45587258835141,"sku":"LFV.0970073801.N","price":58.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/2914\/4773\/files\/0970073801-0_3333e69f-2fc4-4ee2-a223-e85ae47d6109.jpg?v=1767638678","url":"https:\/\/www.booksforlife.store\/products\/mass-moca-from-mill-to-museum-1","provider":"Books for Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}