Globally, nearly 57 million people died in 2016. If you happen to be a cemetery caretaker, you might be wondering where we managed to put them all. Indeed, many cemeteries in the world’s major cities ...
How will the dead be disposed of and remembered in years to come? A recent design competition, organised through the University of Bath's Centre for Death & Society, which sought to reimagine a future ...
THIS week MARTIN GREENWOOD looked at the stories of some of the ‘Bradford worthies’ buried at Undercliffe Cemetery. Here he explores the story of the man behind the historic site... The unsung hero of ...
Space shortages in countries around the world are raising a daunting question: where to lay dead bodies to rest. This month in Oslo, Norway, architecture student Martin McSherry presented a “vertical ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (March 4, 2013) -- The Millennium Project at Arlington National Cemetery started in the late 1990s when Congress realized that Arlington National Cemetery was near capacity. Expansion ...
An aerial picture of funerals taking place at a section of the Westpark cemetery in Johannesburg. Michelle Spatari/AFP via Getty Images South Africa’s cities have been shaped by its colonial and ...
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs revealed its plans for improvement designs to the long-neglected Mare Island Naval Cemetery, saying work will begin later in the year. In 2025, the National ...
In its constant quest for the freshest, sexiest, most age-defying products, the design world takes little time out to contemplate mortality. But having queued for a playful bounce on the show's ...
Final design approval came last week to restore an indigenous cemetery disturbed in 2017 by a state bridge replacement project over Mission Creek. The Reservation Business Council for the Fond du Lac ...