LAST HOUSE ON A DEAD END STREET

AN ARCHITECT'S COFFIN

NRJA (No Rules Just Architecture) has prototyped the „Last House on a Dead End Street” – an architect’s coffin. Playing upon the shape of the archetypal house, the office has designed a minimalistic, clean resting place for those whose tastes don’t agree with the traditionally ornate coffins.

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 conteporary architecture and design. „Last House on a Dead End Street” is a coffin that embodies the same principles NRJA follows in their architecture – clarity, honesty and simplicity. By rejecting the traditional use of highest quality wood, the architect’s coffin allows the last design statement of the deceased be environmentally friedly – the coffin is made of Baltic birch plywood and finished with water-based paint.