Archinect - News 2024-05-22T04:15:18-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/27482287/architectural-design-brings-light-to-funeral-home Architectural design brings light to funeral home Alexander Walter 2011-11-14T20:47:06-05:00 >2011-11-15T10:16:02-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bb/bb135eeeac6734a650d225ab5f335609?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Death is not a happy subject, so most of us would undoubtedly prefer not to think about funeral homes. But sooner or later, we're likely to end up in one, if only to attend someone else's service. That's why it's fascinating to step into the newest chapel of Chicago Jewish Funerals, which has two other suburban locations. This adventurous modernist building, at 8851 Skokie Blvd. in north suburban Skokie, isn't a great work of architecture, but it's a telling one.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>