Project name: Mount Auburn Cemetery Bigelow Chapel and New Crematory
Project location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Firm name: William Rawn Associates, Architects
Jury comments: The new addition to the Bigelow Chapel is an elegant, understated space that defers to the historic building while establishing its own personality. It is beautifully crafted in exquisite detail. The design is equally powerful when one approaches from a distance – a lantern in the garden – as it is from the interior –a balcony to Mt. Auburn’s outstanding setting.Skylights and a lightwell weave old and new spaces in support of meaningful and intimate experiences. This project radiates clarity and dignity, and adds to Mount Auburn’s collection of treasured places.
Client: Mount Auburn Cemetery
Images: Robert Benson
Consultants: Acentech; Amec Foster Wheeler; Building Envelope Technologies; CSL Consulting; Haley & Aldrich; Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio; Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design; Kalin Associates; Kessler McGuinness and Associates; LeMessurier; McGinley Kalsow & Associates; Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering; Serpentino Stained Glass Studio; Shawmut Design and Construction; Sullivan Code Group
