CONVERSATIONS

South Moravia reveals itself as a landscape of continuations rather than reinventions. Across wineries, restored mills, family-run guesthouses and cultural institutions, architecture becomes a way of carrying history forward — connecting wine, craftsmanship, hospitality and contemporary design into one coherent regional narrative.

A former women’s prison, a hidden garden behind Kantstraße, and a family of architects who became owners, hosts and place keepers. In this conversation, Grüntuch Ernst reflect on Wilmina as an urban habitat shaped through transformation, light, memory, hospitality and ongoing care.

Architect-hosted places feel different A visit to Wilmina, where a former prison has evolved into a remarkable ecosystem of gardens, hospitality, food and culture — and where coherence is felt long before it is understood.

Architect-hosted places feel different because the people who imagined them continue to inhabit, shape and care for them long after opening day.