Geraldine Spilker combines ashes with resin to create mementoes of the dead
French-German design student Geraldine Spilker has developed a process of binding ashes with resin, creating a tactile object from cremated remains (+ slideshow). More
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"Peaceful and neutral" mortuary completed by Raul Sousa Cardoso and Graça Vaz
Perforated concrete blocks create patterns of light and shadow inside this mortuary in the Portuguese village of Vila Caiz by architects Raul Sousa Cardoso and Graça Vaz (+ slideshow). More
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David Adjaye and Ron Arad reveal defeated National Holocaust Monument design
Here's the design that didn't win: architect David Adjaye and designer Ron Arad have revealed their shortlisted entry for Canada's National Holocaust Monument competition, which was beaten by a star-shaped design from Daniel Libeskind (+ movie). More
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Libeskind trumps Adjaye in Canada's National Holocaust Monument contest
News: a design team featuring architect Daniel Libeskind and artist Edward Burtynsky has triumphed in a competition to design a National Holocaust Monument for Ottawa, Canada. More
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Concrete and steel mausoleum for an engineer completed at Spanish cemetery
Spanish architects Amparo and Andres Martinez Vidal paired bulky concrete with delicately folded steel to create this mausoleum in Murcia (+ slideshow). More
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Towering copper memorial by Borheh honours an Iranian philosopher
Eight intersecting arches give a towering symmetry to this copper-coated mausoleum erected in the English countryside for a revered Iranian philosopher (photography by Edmund Sumner). More
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Landscape intervention by Jonas Dahlberg to honour Norwegian terrorist attack victims
The 77 individuals who lost their lives during the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway will be commemorated by this competition-winning intervention by Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg to sever a strip of headland from the coastline near Oslo. More
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Family mausoleum built from white marble and black glass by Armazenar Ideias
Portuguese studio Armazenar Ideias used blocks of white marble to build this cube-shaped mausoleum for a family living in the city of Póvoa de Varzim (+ slideshow). More
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Garden Mausoleum by HGA features rough granite, white marble and gleaming onyx
Ornamental doors and windows sit within recesses that appear to have been carved away from the coarse granite walls of this mausoleum in Minneapolis by American architecture firm HGA (+ slideshow). More
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Cemetery complex by Andrea Dragoni contains public plazas and site-specific artworks
Italian architect Andrea Dragoni has extended a cemetery in an ancient Italian town by adding rows of monumental travertine walls with public plazas and artworks slotted in between (+ slideshow). More
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New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despí by Batlle i Roig Arquitectes
Corten steel columns alternate with floor-to-ceiling glass to bring stripes of light and shadow into this funeral home outside Barcelona by Spanish firm Batlle i Roig Arquitectes (+ slideshow). More
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Islamic Cemetery by Bernardo Bader Architects
Prayer rooms with walls of red concrete lead out to a staggered sequence of graveyards at this Islamic cemetery in western Austria by local studio Bernardo Bader Architects (+ slideshow). More
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Funeral Chapel in Ingelheim Frei-Weinheim by Bayer & Strobel Architekten
A sharply pointed gable rises above the walls of this stone funeral chapel in a small German town by Bayer & Strobel Architekten (+ slideshow). More
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Seoul Memorial Park by HAEAHN Architecture
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
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Chapel of Rest in Graz by Hofrichter-Ritter Architekten
Overlapping walls of curving concrete encase this funeral chapel in Graz by Austrian architects Hofrichter-Ritter. More
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Crematorium in Kėdainiai byArchitektu Biuras G.Natkevicius ir Partneriai
Slideshow: dozens of square windows are scattered across the facade of this crematorium in Lithuania with fortress-like concrete walls. More
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Cafe Pavilion Düren by Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen
The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. More
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Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial by Carmody Groarke
British architects Carmody Groarke have completed this granite monolith outside London's Natural History Museum to commemorate victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. More
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Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
Each bullet-sized hole piercing the skin of this museum by architects WXCA in Palmiry, Poland, represents a Polish civilian murdered there during the holocaust. More
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Panteón Nube by Clavel Arquitectos
The zig-zagging doors of this mausoleum in Murcia by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos can only be opened in one specific order. More
