Cork House and Other Sustainable Projects

This article presents ten projects awarded the Sustainability Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), including four RIBA National Award winners and a Sterling Prize nominee. All of them are implemented in different regions of the UK, have different functional purpose and scale, and they are united by an eco-sustainable design approach and high energy efficiency.

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND

Cork House is another project along with Goldsmith Street, which has received a regional sustainability award and later entered the list of six Stirling Prize nominees. Cork House is a brand new and radically simple form of plant-based construction. Monolithic walls and corbelled roofs are made almost entirely from solid load-bearing cork. This highly innovative self-build construction kit is designed for disassembly, is carbon-negative at completion and has exceptionally low whole life carbon.

Designed with immense attention to detail, Cork House is a structure of great ingenuity. Sited within the area of a Grade II Listed mill house dating back to the early 19th century, the Cork House beautifully reflects and respects the natural surroundings in form and construction. The ‘whole-life approach’ to sustainability truly sets this project apart. Designed, tested and developed in partnership with The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, MPH Architects have delivered a project that is the first of its kind. 

 Materials provided by The Royal Institute of British Architects

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