Arquivo

Pavilhão de Portugal na Expo 2010 em Xangai, China

All the facades of the building were covered with pure expanded agglomerate. Cork was presented as the best solution and because it is a Portuguese product, a national, recyclable and ecological material.

Nezu Museu

The Nezu Museum is inspired on the concept of traditional Japanese harmony.

Confessional in Turin

The "Penitenziera", a confessional and space of prayer for millions of pilgrims in Turin to see the shroud, a linen cloth that enveloped the body of Christ after his death, is built from cork. It is next to Turin Cathedral.

EcorkHotel, Évora, Portugal

EcorkHotel is a 4-star superior hotel, located in Évora, in the Alto Alentejo area of cork oak forest.

2012 Pavilion Serpentine Gallery

Cork was a highlight at Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in the summer of 2012, and for four and a half months.

Brazil Pavilion, Expo Milan 2015

The facade of the Brazil Pavilion at the Expo Milan is made of cork.

Cork Oak and Cork Observatory

Portugal Pavilion at Expo 2000 Hannover

Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto Moura, Portuguese architects, used pure expanded cork boards and high density cork boards as external coating on some facades of the building. The Centre of Portugal Pavilion, as it is also known, was conceived as an exhibition space for the Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany.

Cork Shelter

CBS – Cork Block Shelter is the shelter built by the Portuguese architect David Mares which won the “Shelter Competition” of the Guggenheim Museum of New York.

Fallingwater

The renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed this building. He used cork on the bathroom walls. The waterfall house, as it is also known, is located in Pennsylvania, United States, and was partially built over a waterfall. It was used as a summer residence of the family of a businessman. Today it is a museumThe renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed this building. He used cork on the bathroom walls. The waterfall house, as it is also known, is located in Pennsylvania, United States, and was partially built over a waterfall. It was used as a summer residence of the family of a businessman. Today it is a museum.

Quinta do Portal, Siza Vieira, Douro, Portugal

The architect Siza Vieira used pure expanded agglomerate on the upper section, along the entire facade, of this building erected in the River Pinhão valley, Sabrosa, which combines tradition with innovation in the production of international award-winning wines.