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The Cassino Museum of Contemporary Art (CAMUSAC), Italy is a structure for contemporary
art, created in 2013 with the rehabilitation of the Longo industrial buildings, near the ancient
Abbey of Montecassino. The aim of the Museum—which holds a private permanent
collection—is to contribute to the cultural growth and development of southern Lazio, which
already has many sites of archeological, historic, and religious interest. CAMUSAC is another cul-
tural instrument alongside the University, the State Art School, the Fine Arts Academy of Frosinone
and other institutions nearby. Besides the Permanent Collection, CAMUSAC organizes exhibitions
of works by important contemporary artists. Along with the exhibitions, it offers conferences,
research seminars, conventions, workshops, and guided tours (CAMUSAC, n.d.).
A cylindrical silo in Quebec, Canada which is 20 m high and 11 m wide with 70-cm thick con-
crete walls, formerly housed a Van der Graaff particle accelerator. When the accelerator was
decommissioned, the facility was converted into a high-performance computing cluster known
as Colossus (Data Center, 2009).
In 1987, the Reykjavik National Gallery of Iceland (Listasafn Islands in Icelandic) moved to its
current venue. The main building had been built in 1916 as an icehouse and redeveloped
(Listasafn, n.d.)(Fig. 6.16).

6.2.2.7 Tobacco factories

The Tobacco Factory at Bristol, UK, was built between 1898 and 1901. The building
was used to process tobacco until 1985–86 when the owners relocated production. The
building fell into disrepair until September 10, 1993, when George Ferguson, architect

Fig. 6.16 Reykjavik National Gallery of Iceland formerly icehouse.
Photo by M. Laraia, 2015.