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In Portugal, a proverb says whoever cares about their grandchildren plants a cork oak. Harvested without felling, regrown on long cycles, cork offers a rare building material that renews itself - a slow, living alternative to extractive forestry and fast, fragile afforestation.

Groupwork’s Finchley Road project elevates stone construction with over 400 precision-engineered Larvikite beams and columns. A low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete, it combines structural innovation and sustainability building on lessons from Clerkenwell Close.

Community spotlight: Meet Sarah Amos, an Interior Designer and 3D Modelling Specialist based in Melbourne, Australia. Sarah has created over 700 custom textures using ARCHITEXTURES, building a rich, versatile library for her projects.

Interior design impacts the planet yet awareness is low. Chloe Bullock advocates for sustainable practices - using regenerative materials, avoiding toxic chemicals, and embracing circular design - while engaging clients, communities and nature to reduce harm and protect biodiversity.

We love wallpaper at ARCHITEXTURES. Our vast online library boasts a rich world of high-quality, seamless materials for architectural drawings and 3D models and wallpaper is an integral part of our digital universe.

The Tiny Farm Fort is a cob-built, community-driven home where volunteers and locals shape every stone and beam. Using bioregional materials and sustainable techniques, Raghav and Ansh Kumar create a space that teaches, inspires and celebrates connection.

Learning from the Local, designing responsively for people, climate and culture by architect, presenter and author Piers Taylor is an exploration of our connection to materials and place fuelled by many years of experimentation, making and thinking.

ORCA is an Oregon and California based landscape design and outdoor product studio working to bring a deeper connection between nature and the people that inhabit a space.

The Living Bridge at Green School Bali is a hands-on learning space where students, teachers and local craftsmen built together.

ARCHITEXTURES takes you behind the scenes at the Mirrl workshop.

From demolition rubble to olive pits and coffee grounds, designers are turning waste into beautiful, useful materials. Circular design celebrates local resources and sustainability, giving discarded items new life while telling the story of their past.

At Clerkenwell Design Week, the Arch Revival Pavilion wowed visitors with sweeping stone arches. Made from local stone, it uses far less carbon than clay bricks while staying strong and elegant, showing that sustainable design can be both beautiful and bold.