Cemetery Design and Planning: Mausoleums and Garden Crypt Complexes
- All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL - Immaculate Heart of Mary Garden Crypt Complex
- All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL - Immaculate Heart of Mary Garden Crypt Complex
- Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary, Culver City, CA - Court of the Matriarchs Garden Crypt Complex
- Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, IL - Mary Mother of Roses Garden Crypt Complex and Niches
- Good Shepherd Cemetery, Orland Park, IL - Garden Crypt Complex
- Good Shepherd Cemetery, Orland Park, IL - Garden Crypt Complex and Carillon Tower
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL - Mausoleum of the Archangels Extension - Phase 3 of Development
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL - Mausoleum of the Archangels Extension
- St Mary Mausoleum Complex, Pittsburgh, PA - View of Crypts and Niches within the Main Mausoleum
- St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine, IL - Our Lady of the Angels Garden Crypts and Niches, Chapels, and Administrative Complex
- St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine, IL - Expansion Crypt and Niche Complex
- Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville, IL - Garden Crypt Complex
- Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ - Good Shepherd Garden Crypt and Columbarium Complex
- St Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, MO - Chapel and Mausoleum Complex
Description
Mausoleums and garden crypt complexes are becoming increasingly common in the modern cemetery. Since burial space is often at a premium, especially for older cemeteries, mausoleums and garden crypt complexes are popular because they allow for expanded burial inventory and options within a limited area.
Benefits of a well-designed mausoleum or garden crypt complex may include: increased revenue per burial space, enhancing the image and atmosphere of the cemetery, increased marketability for the cemetery, and increased flexibility for the cemetery to offer a greater variety of burial inventory to their clients. Mausoleums and garden crypt complexes also provide interment spaces for those with an aversion to in-ground burial.
In addition to an increase in burial inventory, mausoleums and garden crypt complexes can also incorporate and provide useful spaces that increase a cemetery's services offerings. Such spaces can include committal shelters, chapels, fountains, water features, gardens, seating areas, peaceful areas for reflection, public restrooms, and maintenance equipment storage. Often times we find our clients like incorporating a variety of features into their mausoleums and garden crypt complexes, both to add usefulness and inventory for the cemetery, but to also offer their clients and loved ones an attractive space to reflect on and celebrate the deceased's life.
Project Examples
All Saints Cemetery
Ascension Cemetery
Good Shepherd Cemetery
Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary
Holy Redeemer Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Maryhill Cemetery
Montelena Complejo Funerario
Mound Cemetery
Mt Sinai Cemetery
Resurrection Cemetery
St. Mary Mausoleum Complex
St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery
St. Peter's Cemetery
Cemetery Elements & Project Types
Master Planning - Mausoleums & Garden Crypt Complexes - Cremation - Committal Shelters & Outdoor Chapels - Decorative Features - Administration Buildings - Maintenance Facilities - Funeral Homes & Crematories