The chapel was consecrated on 14 September 1969 by Bishop Helge Ljungberg, having been designed by Lage Knape, then town architect of Sollentuna, who also designed Kummelby gamla kyrka. It forms part of a larger complex that includes a waiting hall, office rooms and the adjoining Silverdals krematorium, reached by a stairway below the chapel.
The building is notable for its bold use of raw concrete and unpainted timber beams in the ceiling, contrasted with a floor of coarsely hewn Öland limestone and leather-upholstered pews. The chancel wall follows a pyramid form and is framed by painted glass windows, while to the east large windows allow the room to open visually into the surrounding landscape. Approaching on foot, visitors are said to be struck by the unusual pyramid-shaped roof and a golden entrance door.
Above the altar, itself carved from Carrara marble, hangs a sun cross also shaped from the same stone. This motif recalls the so-called Uppland cross, a symbol with pre-Christian origins later absorbed into Christian use during the Viking Age.
The interior fittings were designed by architect Ralph Alton, and the artistic decoration is the work of Jan Brazda. In front of the entrance stands a small pond containing a metal ship sculpture, created by Lage Knape together with the metalworker Gunnar Bengtsson and unveiled in 1979.
The chapel's mechanical organ was built in 1984 by the firm Åkerman & Lund. During 1999–2000, while Kummelby nya kyrka was under construction, regular services were held here instead.