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
The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. More about Cafe Pavilion Düren by Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen
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 about Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial by Carmody Groarke
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 about Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
The zig-zagging doors of this mausoleum in Murcia by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos can only be opened in one specific order. More about Panteón Nube by Clavel Arquitectos
Avanto Architects of Helsinki have designed this whitewashed funeral chapel with a copper roof in Vantaa, Finland. More about Chapel of St. Lawrence by Avanto Architects
This boulder-shaped building in Acapulco, Mexico, is a mausoleum by Mexcian studio Bunker Arquitectura. More about Sunset Chapel by Bunker Arquitectura
This funeral home in Alicante, Spain, is by Spanish studio Cor. More about Funeral Home and Garden in Pinoso by Cor
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
This tomb for a family on the mountainside in Arganil, Portugal, is by Portuguese architect Pedro Dias. More about Family Tomb by Pedro Dias
A collective of Colombian architects have designed a memorial museum for Medellín, Colombia, to commemorate victims of conflict. More about Museo Casa de la Memoria
This pair of pavilions by Dutch studio Hansteerds Architectuur mark the entrance to a cemetery in the city of Blankenberge, Belgium. More about Entrance Pavilion Cemetery by Hansteerds Architectuur
Architect Ivo Pavlik created this gateway overlooking a nuclear power station in the Czech Republic by casting concrete between hay bales then setting them on fire. More about The Cross-Gate by Ivo Pavlik
Design graduate Neil Conley has made a series of funerary urns from reclaimed carbon fibre. More about Earn/Urn by Neil Conley
Royal College of Art student Eliot Postma has created a conceptual project where pets could be used to harvest human organs for transplants. More about Human Body Shop by Eliot Postma
Dutch Design Week: at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation galleries last week, designer Roos Kuipers presented an open coffin where the dead body is gradually covered in layers of fabric. More about Mark the last veil by Roos Kuipers
Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewellery made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved one. More about Mourning Objects by Anna Schwamborn
Israeli architects SO Architecture have designed the Yehiam Memorial Hall at Kibbutz Yehiam, Israel. More about Yehiam Memorial Hall by SO Architecture
Designer Gisele Ganne has created a range of jewellery exploring the social symbols of death, mourning and divorce. More about Black Widow by Gisele Ganne
Cognitive Dwelling is an architectural project with a murder mystery attached, told in the form of a photo story. It is the work of Paul Maich, who graduated from Dundee School of Architecture this year. More about Architect murdered in his own building: Cognitive Dwelling by Paul Maich