The Cork Studio, a garden building made almost entirely out of cork, has been constructed by Studio Bark as a building prototype that can be completely recycled, reused or composted. More about Studio Bark builds "fully biodegradable and recyclable" cork building
Oil rigs, Maunsell forts and a wading bird provided the inspiration for this artist's retreat in a salt marsh on England's east coast, which becomes inaccessible when the tide comes in. More about Redshank artist's studio is a cork-clad cabin raised above a tidal salt marsh
This cork-clad studio provides a shared workspace for a musician and a seamstress in the back garden of their north-London home. More about Surman Weston builds cork-covered studio for sewing and music-making
Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones explains why Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei dug into the ground to create their 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More about Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion paid homage to its predecessors
A bedroom at this remodelled and extended house in Porto, Portugal, has been wrapped in cork to shield it from the noise of a nearby school playground (+ slideshow). More about ATKA Arquitectos uses cork cladding to minimise noise inside Casa Bonjardim
Daylight filters sparingly across the concrete walls of this indoor swimming pool, which protrudes from the cork-clad facade of a family house in Leiria, Portugal, by local studio Contaminar Arquitetos (+ slideshow). More about Cork-clad house by Contaminar Arquitetos features a shadow-filled swimming pool
Portuguese architect José Carlos Cruz claims to have built the world's first cork-clad hotel, located amongst the olive and cork trees of Portugal's Alentejo region (+ slideshow). More about José Carlos Cruz completes "world's first cork-clad hotel"
Here are some photographs of the completed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, which opens to the public in London tomorrow. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei photographs