A Spanish company that manufactures cork products, Barnacork supplies Aglocork, a 100% natural system of expanded cork pads for use in thermal and acoustic insulation. They also have antivibration properties.
Belonging to the Portuguese group Corticeira Amorim, the world leader in cork products, Amorim Cork Flooring offers a wide range of pavement finishes, all manufactured with sustainable methods.
This dwelling in Navajeda – a Cantabrian village belonging to the municipality of Entrambasaguas, in the comarca of Trasmieta – is a work of Darío Cobo Calvo (gurea | arquitectura cooperativa). The simple compact volume’s facade is wrapped with panel
A work of the Madrid firm led by Teodoro Núñez and Almudena Ribot, the design of this house in Madrid’s Aravaca neighborhood began with a desire to take advantage of the space occupied by an underused paddle tennis court underground, which became the
As per Passivhaus standards for maximizing energy efficiency, in consumption terms this residence qualifies for the NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Building) certificate, impacting very little on the environment. It has a fully industrialized timber structu
A reduced budget warranted rethinking the residence as a succession of concentric spaces that harness passive strategies to bring consumption of energy down to a minimum. Instead of the usual arrangement of rooms and hallways, the layout follows a th
Resorting to simplicity and sustainability, this residential project is a creative response to the particular complexities and conventions of contemporary housing. Instead of the traditional construction with layers of walls incorporating a variety o
The Fundación Laboral de la Construcción found the most convenient site for the Centro de Referencia Nacional en Materia de Rehabilitación (public research and innovation center in the field of refurbishment) in the old 18th century tannery of Pontep
Diseñado para ser desmontado después de la Exposición y trasladado a Portugal, el volumen ocupado por el pabellón luso adopta la forma paralelepipédica de su solar, retranqueándose cinco metros de los límites mediante una franja de grava salvo en uno
The Spanish pavilion at Hannover’s Expo 2000 is a very sophisticated project. —Shall we say that Expo pavilions are buildings which allow more freedom of action than architecture usually does, because they are planned to last only six months. Expo ar
