Cork House, the world’s first building made entirely out of cork, has been awarded the 2019 Stephen Lawrence Prize. The prestigious architecture award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) celebrates experimental architectural talent and projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.
Arup was responsible for choosing a suitable mixture of cork granules, including interpreting material testing at the University of Bath, working closely with designers, Matthew Barnett Howland, Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton.
Adopting a first of its kind whole-life approach to sustainability, the building was ‘designed for disassembly’ and was constructed by hand.