Neri Oxman creates 3D-printed versions of ancient death masks
Neri Oxman and her Mediated Matter group at MIT Media Lab have created a series of colourful death masks that explore the transition between life and death. More
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"Something is rotten when my trainers are more customised than my funeral"
Death urgently needs a redesign, says Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More
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Eight coffins and urns you would want to be seen dead in
It's Halloween, a time when many cultures honour the dead. To mark the occasion, we take a tour through some of the most interesting final resting places dreamed up by designers, including a biodegradable urn that turns a deceased loved one into a tree and colourful zip-up coffins designed to make death less depressing. More
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Seven shocking sights at the Istanbul Design Biennial 2016
The evolution of the human body is one of the major topics of this year's Istanbul Design Biennial, with exhibits ranging from a cyborg skeleton to a brain in a book. Dezeen editor Amy Frearson has selected seven of the most provocative examples. More
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Minimalist morgue by Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes and Plasencia Arquitectura features textured concrete walls
Corduroy-textured walls enclose planted courtyards at this funeral home in Spain's Catalonia region by Barcelona-based practices Barceló Balanzó Arquitectes and Plasencia Arquitectura. More
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Norway moves to scrap plans for controversial Utøya memorial
The Norwegian government has offered to abandon plans for a memorial to the 77 people murdered during the terrorist attacks of 22 July 2011, after fierce opposition by local residents. More
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Sam Jacob erects Adolf Loos-designed mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery
A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. More
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OMA's monumental concrete wells host mourners at New York's Park Avenue Armory
These cylindrical towers were designed by OMA's New York office, lead by Shohei Shigematsu, to echo sounds made by mourners during a performance by artist Taryn Simon (+ slideshow). More
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Luis Barragán's family "shocked and very sad" after architect's ashes turned into diamond
A descendant of legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán is outraged after discovering that his great-uncle's cremated remains have been used to create a diamond ring. More
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Artist turns Luis Barragán's remains into diamond to trade for his archive
An American artist has turned the remains of legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán into a diamond, and is offering to exchange the gem for the architect's professional archive, which is currently housed on the Vitra campus (+ slideshow). More
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Architecture ranks fifth in list of jobs most linked to suicide
A US study has listed architects among the people most likely to take their own life. More
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NFO designs giant broken camera lens to honour photojournalist killed in Yugoslav Wars
An oversized camera lens punctuated by a single bullet hole forms the Broken Landscape memorial dedicated to photographer Gordan Lederer (+ slideshow). More
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Graves reached using GPS proposed for bushland cemetery near Sydney
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
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Concrete and slatted-timber morgue by AE Arquitectos overlooks a Spanish harbour
AE Arquitectos has combined exposed concrete, white render and slatted timber for this morgue in Spain's Asturias principality, which features terraces overlooking a harbour (+ slideshow). More
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Key Operation completes cedar-clad warehouse at Inagawa cemetery
Both charred and red-dyed cedar clad this warehouse by Tokyo studio Key Operation, located at a cemetery in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture where David Chipperfield is also adding new buildings (+ slideshow). More
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Bios Incube turns ashes of cremated bodies into trees
The developers of a biodegradable urn that turns the ashes of a dead person into a tree have designed an incubator to aid the growth process (+ slideshow). More
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Lund University students envision Malmö silo transformed into a crematorium
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
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Bereaved families remember Mars astronauts with Franziska Steingen's Soot Home Grieving Set
If an astronaut were to die on their way to the red planet, German designer Franziska Steingen's Soot Home Grieving Set is intended to help their family mourn the loss. More
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Katrina Spade's Urban Death Project proposes a composting facility for dead bodies
Seattle-based designer Katrina Spade has developed a building proposal that offers an eco-friendly alternative to burying or cremating loved ones. More
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Stark concrete funeral home by Salas Architecture + Design tilts up towards the sun
One end of this concrete funeral building in Spain by Salas Architecture + Design angles up towards the sky, funnelling light into a waiting room for mourners (+ movie). More
