Cork

Stories about the use of cork in architecture and design, from cork furniture to cork-cladding and its use as a sustainable alternative building material.

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Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová create cork-clad house

Functionalist furniture allows the landscape to become the focal point of the interior.

an open living room and dining area with sliding glass doors on the side of it

Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová create cork-clad house

Sliding glass doors bring the outside in.

a long table is set up with place settings

Eco Friendly Building

Earthy Aesthetic

Ten interiors with textured cork-covered walls

Architect José Carlos Cruz overlapped a series of different-sized cork slabs to create the feature wall of this restaurant in a hotel in Portugal's Alentejo region.

an empty room with wooden shelving in the middle and a mirror on the wall

Ten interiors with textured cork-covered walls

In this 110-square-metre Madrid apartment, several of the walls, ceilings and columns are covered in charred cork chosen for its heat-retaining and low-carbon properties.

a living room filled with furniture next to a window covered in glass and wood paneling

Cork Walls

Living Colors

Victorian Terrace House

Ten interiors with textured cork-covered walls

Nimtim Architects paired cork with bright pink window frames at this playful house extension in London.

a man sitting at a desk in the middle of a room that is made out of cork

Inside Art

Agricultural Buildings

Ten interiors with textured cork-covered walls

Cork cladding gives a sense of cosiness to this freestanding "winter studio", which architect Thomas Randall-Page designed for his father and sculptor Peter Randall-Page.

a bath tub sitting next to a window in a bathroom

Studio Hagen Hall completes 1970s-style makeover of London townhouse

The bathroom in this 1970s-style London townhouse features cork tiles.

a living room filled with furniture and a large window

Magazine Table

Italian Furniture Brands

Accanta tables by Maddalena Casadei for Pretziada

Accanta comes in three sizes: a larger reading table and a smaller teacup table and magazine table.

two black vases sitting on top of a table next to a white couch with yellow flowers in it

Cork Furniture

Beach Living Room

Furniture Interior Design

Traditional Architecture

Accanta tables by Maddalena Casadei for Pretziada

Casadei's versions are pressed and carved entirely from Sardinian cork, which is left completely natural with no varnish or lacquer.

a living room filled with furniture and a potted plant

Tropical Patio

Collections Of Objects

Eames Lounge Chair

Small Tables

Accanta tables by Maddalena Casadei for Pretziada

Accanta is a trio of small tables that reference a traditional stool with a cork bark seat that Casadei observed in Sardinia.

a living room filled with furniture and large windows

Bartlett School Of Architecture

Cladding Materials

Interior Fit Out

Ten tactile interiors that make use of biomaterials

Cork is a renewable, resistant and insulating material that is harvested from the bark of the cork oak tree.

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Seven key materials designers are relying on to create more sustainable products

Cork, which is derived from the outer bark of the cork oak, is becoming increasingly popular among designers because it is compostable, recyclable and can be stripped from the tree without cutting it down, allowing the plant to continue capturing carbon.