How a chance discovery in 1891 created an entirely new market for Cork today
Main image: Smoke rises from cork being boiled at the factory. (Jose Sarmento Matos for The Washington Post). Cork is a natural material known since Antiquity (Phoenicians and Greeks), mainly as a floating material as well as a sealant for bottles and jars. However,...
Cork House is architectural prize winner in 2025
This Cork clad house is winner of the Environmental Prize 2025 at ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ * and shortlisted for this year’s RIBA London Awards. Designed by Nina Woodcroft at London-based company Nina+Co in association with ROAR Architects. The project...
How the study of cork started a new era in life sciences
Left: Robert Hooke invented the compound microscope and illumination system shown above and used it in his demonstrations at the Royal Society’s meetings. Photo credit: © Science Museum. Right: A page from Hooke’s ‘Micrographia’ illustrating the tiny cells of cork...
Champagne tastes better with cork
Picture: by kind permission of Comité Champagne – France Champagne is justly revered for many reasons. One is the time and effort it takes to produce. All Champagne undergoes a secondary fermentation on its lees in the bottle before the yeast sediment is...
Where does cork come from?
The cork forests of the West Mediterranean. Image by Julian Hacker on Pixabay. The cork oak (Quercus Suber) has been growing around the West Mediterranean Sea for millions of years. Although this special tree can flourish in many climates, the hot dry conditions of...ZAKRA PRO
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