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I have called cork the perfect building material: completely natural, insulating, renewable, healthy, antibacterial, biophilic, durable and recyclable.

Cork flooring is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. Although many people think cork is a relatively new and possibly unreliable flooring option, you can find examples of cork floors that were ...

0 0 More by S. Sampolo This article was originally published with the title “The use of Cork as a Building Material” in SA Supplements Vol. 38 No. 968supp (July 1894), p. 15471 ...

Residents and owners of apartments in Cork city centre have given a guarded welcome to the axing of plans to co-locate asylum ...

Cork-based materials continue to garner interest due to their unique cellular architecture and chemical composition, which combine to produce remarkable mechanical, thermal and antioxidant properties.

I’m always on the hunt for the latest, most interesting, and most environmentally friendly building materials, and I have particular interest in insulation products -- partly because many conventional ...

There's no end to the uses for cork, a spongy material that can be used for everything from sealing wine bottles to replacing plastics and building materials. The world's main cork forests ring ...

The Clover collection is uniquely made of cork, a durable, renewable, carbon-positive and biodegradable material. This is the brand’s second all-cork collection, which comes after the company ...

A garden studio made entirely out of reusable cork, has been constructed by Studio Bark as a building prototype that is completely recyclable and reusable.