DMW Architects has drawn up plans to expand the facilities of Long Barrow Crematorium near Poole, which opened in 2014.

Its proposals – which are currently awaiting determination from Dorset Council – include a courtyard garden, a circular columbarium, private chapels, office facilities, and a reflecting pool on land at nearby Trokes Coppice.

Internally the design of the columbarium has strong visual references to the external landscape, with outward views and natural daylight through the upper-level glazing.

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