Cork House review – barking up the right tree

Eton
Shortlisted for the 2019 Stirling prize, a house at the vanguard of ‘corkitecture’ is broadening ideas of sustainable constructionFishing floats, bottle stoppers, platform soles, pinboards, coasters. The uses of cork are many and varied, but it still retains a whiff of 1970s suburbia, like avocado bathroom suites or jumbo corduroy. Yet in its way, cork is a wonder material – strong in compression (those platform soles), water-resistant and a good source of insulation. Cork