Duradoura Cork Furniture Collection

Natural Warmth of Portuguese Cork

Our Duradoura Table & Bench Collection

UNUSUAL YET CONTEMPORARY

Duradoura is a Portuguese word which literally means lasting or Permanent. With this beautiful range of unusual cork furniture, you can bring that natural feeling of Mediterranean warmth right into your home. Locally crafted to perfection in Portugal from only the finest and pure materials, these designs will add nothing short of a conversation piece to your interior. Central to each of these designs is the usage of Portuguese cork. This unique material feels warm and soft upon touch, yet is extremely tough and resistant. It can also absorb sound and has anti-allergic properties. But maybe most importantly, it is a renewable material, harvested without damaging the tree itself, and 100% recyclable once it has lived out its intended purpose.

Coffee Table

from £525

Side Table

vanaf €260

Dining Table

from £1490

Bench

from £390

Side Table

from £245

Coffee Table

from £430

Choose Your Cork Type

THAT SUITS YOU AND YOUR HOME BEST

Natural Cork

This is cork in its natural shade. The raw cork is first grinded into a very fine granule before being pressed and sculpted into a perfect table top. The natural beige colour is distinctive yet minimalistic, and matches a wide variety of living room styles.

Amber Cork

In this version we worked with a larger granule of cork, which allowed us to emphasize even more the raw character of the material. As you move your hand across the table top you will still feel the granule pattern. The amber colour comes from a similar, yet shorter process as dark cork.

Dark Cork

This version of cork gets its distinctive dark, chocolate like colour as a result of a natural steaming process. Water vapor is injected throughout medium sized granules which cause the natural resins in the material to react, resulting in the material to expand and get its distinctive darker shade.

A Renewable Material

We decided to work with cork not only because of its distinctive look and feel or characteristics. Perhaps even more important to us is the renewable character of this amazing material.

Cork as we know it is in fact the tree bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus Suber). This bark is removed by hand, with the greatest care and without harming the tree. Moreover, all the cork we use comes from Portugal, the world’s proud owner of the biggest population of cork forest (736.000 hectares), where each oak is protected by law and cannot be cut down.

This means that each tree is able to provide cork in a renewable way for the full duration of its life cycle, which is a staggering 200 years! Throughout that period, they are also helping to provide us with fresh air, as they are responsible for converting 14 million tons of CO2 every year!

Recyclable

Cork is a remarkable material that can easily be reused once it has lived out its original purpose. All of the material we use in our cork furniture can be cleaned and reprocessed into new products. The cork can for example be recycled in cork floors or construction insulation plates, but also the metal that is used for the base of each cork furniture item can easily be cleaned, melted and reused in new metal products.

Our cork furniture items can be recycled

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Strong

Thanks to its high density and the fact that it grows so straight and has little knots, Bamboo is an incredibily strong and hard material. It is in fact 20% harder than oak (the gold standard in hardwood furniture), and its tensile strength is higher than many alloys of steel! As such, bamboo furniture is particularly suitable to withstand everyday use, and is far more resistant to damage than its counterparts made from traditional hardwoods.

Renewable

As Bamboo is a grass, harvesting it does not mean you need to replant a new shoot like with other trees. After a Bamboo culm has been “cut” it will just regrow, which means that new bamboo can be harvested every few years without harming the plant.

Fast Regeneration

Not only can Bamboo be harvested in a renewable way, it also grows back at an incredible speed. In fact, Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the world. On average, a Bamboo culm will be full grown and ready for harvest after 3 to 5 years. This compared to an oak tree which takes around 20 years to mature!

Prevents Erosion

The complex network of bamboo roots protects the soil from erosion and flooding. Because harvesting leaves the bottom part of the bamboo and its roots intact there is no adverse effect of top soil erosion. This unlike hardwood harvesting, where the topsoil and nutrients are washed away by rainfall because the stumps are removed to provide space for new crops.

No Waste

After harvesting, every little piece of the bamboo culm is used. This very much unlike regular wood processing, where there is often waste in the form of saw dust, bark, branches, etc.

CO2 Conversion

Bamboo is capable of converting 35% more CO2 into oxygen than other trees. It can absorb up to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare every year! This makes it a crucial partner in supplying our planet with clean and fresh air.

Renewable and Recyclable

Unlike other wooden materials, the harvesting of cork is done in a renewable way. Cork is actually the bark of the cork oak, which is harvested without causing any damage to the tree itself. On top, the cork used in our designs can also be recycled and reused in new products.

Fire Retardant

The slow combustion of cork makes it a natural fire retardant and a kind of barrier against fires. Cork burns without a flame and does not emit toxic gases during combustion.

Antistatic and Anti-allergic

Cork does not absorb dust and prevents the appearance of mites and, therefore, contributes to protection against allergies.

Acoustic Insulator

The 40 million cells in each cubic centimeter of cork act as a real decibel absorber, making it an excellent sound and vibration insulator. Perfect to help create serenity in your home.