NRJA designs a coffin for architects and guess what, it's black and shaped like a house

architects have a particular stereotype when it comes to their own style, black clothes and statement spectacles come to mind. now, latvia-based NRJA has taken it one step further with ‘last house on a dead end street’, a coffin created specifically for architects. playing with the shape of the archetypal dwelling, the minimal resting place is designed for those whose tastes don’t agree with traditionally ornate coffins.

images courtesy of NRJA

NRJA explains that we are born, live, age and die enveloped by buildings. for many, a coffin is our last house and our last design statement. however, coffin and casket design lags behind the simplicity of contemporary architecture and design. ‘last house on a dead end street’ is a coffin that embodies the same principles NRJA follows in their office – clarity, honesty and simplicity.

so what does a coffin for architects look like? it’s black, minimal, and shaped like an archetypal home. it also embodies aspirations of sustainability as the construction rejects higher quality wood for baltic birch plywood with a water-based paint finish. in this way, the architect’s coffin allows the last design statement of the deceased to also be an environmentally friendly one.

project info:

name: coffin
design: NRJA (no rules just architecture)

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom