Finnish studio Verstas Architects has completed the Malmi Mortuary and Farewell Spaces in Helsinki using a pared-back palette of stone, timber and brick. More about Verstas Architects uses natural materials for "comforting and gentle" mortuary in Helsinki
Czech Republic studio Petr Hájek Architekti has created a pet crematorium within an abandoned concrete bunker on a 1980s military site near Prague. More about Petr Hájek Architekti converts Cold War bunker into mirrored pet crematorium
Royal College of Art graduate Moying Huang has designed an ecologically friendly crematorium that would use liquid cremation to eliminate emissions from traditional incineration processes. More about Moying Huang conceives eco-crematorium within disused London power station
An austere material palette of concrete and grey marble helped Kaan Architecten create a series of calming and contemplative spaces inside this crematorium in Belgium. More about Crematorium Siesegem by Kaan Architecten rejects "pompous monumentalism"
Bartlett School of Architecture student Sam Coulton has designed a concept for a sustainable alternative to cremation to help Londoners confront death. More about Sam Coulton designs environmentally friendly cemetery that would slowly dye London blue
A+Awards: the next project in our collaboration with Architizer is a tinted concrete and steel crematorium in Holsbeek, Belgium, which was named as one of the winners in the religious buildings and memorials category at the 2016 A+Awards (+ slideshow). More about Coussée & Goris and RCR Arquitectes use iron-coloured concrete for Belgian crematorium
The bereaved will be able to find the location of their loved ones' graves using GPS in this cemetery without headstones, proposed by Australian firms CHROFI and McGregor Coxall for Sydney (+ slideshow). More about Graves reached using GPS proposed for bushland cemetery near Sydney
A disused grain silo in Malmö is converted into a crematorium and "vertical cemetery" in this proposal by Swedish architecture students Fredrik Thornström and Karolina Pajnowska. More about Lund University students envision Malmö silo transformed into a crematorium
Seattle-based designer Katrina Spade has developed a building proposal that offers an eco-friendly alternative to burying or cremating loved ones. More about Katrina Spade's Urban Death Project proposes a composting facility for dead bodies
Overlapping cylinders make up this crematorium in northern France, designed by a collective of Parisian architects with walls of ribbed concrete and golden-framed glass (+ slideshow). More about Curvaceous concrete crematorium by Plan 01 offers "dignified and serene setting" for mourners
This red-brick crematorium was designed by Swedish architect Johan Celsing to blend into its setting in the historic Woodland Cemetery outside Stockholm (+ slideshow). More about Johan Celsing's red-brick crematorium follows the terrain of Asplund's Woodland Cemetery
This crematorium in Seoul by Korean firm HAEAHN Architecture folds up from the landscape and curls around a peaceful courtyard and pool of water. More about Seoul Memorial Park by HAEAHN Architecture
Slideshow: dozens of square windows are scattered across the facade of this crematorium in Lithuania with fortress-like concrete walls. More about Crematorium in Kėdainiai byArchitektu Biuras G.Natkevicius ir Partneriai
Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. More about Rennes Métropole Crematorium by Plan01