One had a typical American funeral-home cotillion; one was laid out at ... but in the end I decided to wing it with my own design. We routed rabbet joints for a tight construction.

Above: The scene at the Hill-Skeffington Funeral Home during demolition Wednesday. Hill-Skeffington Funeral Home remains open for business as it rebuilds Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, what remained ...

David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral urns for Alessi's The Last Pot ...