“After you died I could not hold a funeral,

And so my life became a funeral.”

― Han Kang

One hour West of Washington, D.C. in the enclave of Delaplane, Virginia, lay the final resting place of Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect. The mirrored pavilion was designed and constructed using many of Hugh Jacobsen’s unique details and methods. Clad in single pieces of Low-E Starphire mirrors, it is traditionally framed, like many of his houses, in 2x4 and 2x6 framing and plywood sheathing. Inside, Hugh’s ashes sit contained on a stainless steel and bluestone plinth.

The proportions of the little pavilion are those of significance to the Great Man himself: It is 6’-0” wide (His height), it is 3’-11” deep (his birthday) and it faces Michigan and Washington at each gable.

The mirrored mausoleum resides on the estate of his son and business partner, Simon Townsend Jacobsen.

Visitors are welcome during daylight hours. Enter on Scuffleburg Rd.

Click here to read the article about his mausoleum in the magazine ArchitectureDC, page 70.