Dezeen Showroom: Portuguese brand GenCork combines one of the world's most sustainable natural materials with customisable algorithmically generated design, creating an insulating wall cladding that makes a strong visual impression. More about CorkVector Panel by Gencork
Interior designer Mark Brown used cork and wool to create natural, tactile interiors for clothing brand Sheep Inc's first store, in London. More about Sheep Inc combines cork and wool walls for "flagsheep store"
French flooring brand Tarkett has announced that its linoleum is now carbon-negative across all stages of its life cycle, from sourcing raw materials to end-of-life deconstruction and recycling. More about Tarkett achieves "world's first" carbon negative linoleum
Dezeen Showroom: UK-based brand Quadrant has released a flooring solution for commercial interiors made from surplus corks from the wine industry in Portugal. More about Corkform flooring by Quadrant
Cork cladding, curved ceilings and mirrored surfaces animate this holiday home in Portugal, renovated by Atelier Local to feel spacious despite its compact plot. More about Atelier Local redesigns House in Valongo to "feel larger than it actually is"
Dezeen Showroom: British designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed a conical pendant light made from cork for lighting brand Zero Lighting. More about Corka pendant light by Samuel Wilkinson for Zero Lighting
Cork panels and timber slats contrast with a traditional Victorian frontage at the Meadow Road house in Kent, renovated and extended by London practice Studio Bark. More about Studio Bark extends Victorian home in Kent using flatpack U-Build system
Architectural studio BLDUS has created a slender home in an urban alleyway called Brown House, which features a rooftop farm and the use of "healthy" building materials such as cork, bamboo and hemp. More about BLDUS creates alley house in Washington DC with cork cladding
Design studio Nina+Co and London practice ROAR Architects have wrapped a 1970s house in Tottenham in cork, turning a "passive facade into a community touchpoint". More about Nina+Co and ROAR Architects swaddle London house with cork cladding
Reggio School, a project that combined experimental eco-architecture with a radical approach to learning, is the 2022 instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series. More about Andrés Jaque's Reggio School was the most significant building of 2022
Australian studio YSG has added carpet-lined seating, cork flooring and high-gloss green paint to the Superfreak cafe in Sydney. More about YSG adds 1970s-style elements to Sydney's Superfreak cafe
Spanish architects Teo Nuñez and Almudena Ribot have built the Casa Pádel apartment block in Madrid, combining a cross-laminated timber structure with cork cladding. More about Núñez Ribot pairs cork with mass timber at Casa Pádel in Madrid
Eduardo Souto de Moura and Yves Béhar are among six architecture and design studios that have created cork installations for the City Cortex program in Lisbon. More about Eduardo Souto de Moura and Diller Scofidio + Renfro create cork installations for Lisbon
Designer Paul Crofts and furniture brand Isomi aimed to make sofas less wasteful with Tejo, a recyclable system created from natural cork and latex that is launching at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Isomi "challenges norms" of sofa design with cork and latex Tejo
Architecture studio Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa has completed The Cork and Wood House, a home in Spain that is finished with a raw palette of materials. More about Gurea Arquitectura Cooperativa clads rural Spanish house with cork blocks
An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland. More about LCA Architetti nestles angular cork-clad home into Italian valley
Spanish practice Estudio Albar has used cork cladding to help this home near Madrid blend in with the scrub-like landscape of a neighbouring national park. More about Estudio Albar completes cork-clad Casa Eñe overlooking Spanish national park
London studio Delve Architects has transformed a Victorian house in Camberwell with a cork-clad extension that introduces a bright open-plan kitchen and dining space for entertaining. More about Delve Architects transforms "cramped" London house with cork extension
East London hair salon Buller and Rice has opened a new venue with an interior design palette that includes seaweed, algae, cork and mushroom leather. More about Buller and Rice salon is a showcase of plant-based materials
UK-based designer Lara Bohinc has unveiled a series of bulbous furniture and decorative objects for public use at the Miami Design District during the city's art week. More about Lara Bohinc uses colour-coated cork for bulbous outdoor furniture in Miami