Called the Blue Sky Mausoleum, the 24-crypt structure was designed for Forest Lawn in 1928, but the family that commissioned the Wright design ran out of money. In 2004, the project was ...

A mausoleum is an above-ground, free-standing building that holds the casketed or cremated remains of the deceased in either crypts (caskets) or niches (cremated remains). Last week, leaders of ...

Architect Alexey Schusev was tasked with designing the crypt. It took him several hours to propose a compact structure made of Arkhangelsk pine. The mausoleum looked like an ancient rectangular ...