3 December 2025
Shortlist!
We are delighted to have made it to the third stage of the BrandEx Awards and onto the shortlist! The final decision on whether the Austria Pavilion will win gold, silver or bronze will be made at the awards ceremony in January.
2 December 2025
Guided Tour.
Barbara Rosenegger-Bernard and Erich Bernard gave a tour of the city – including hospitality projects by BWM like The Hoxton Vienna, Salon Sacher at Hotel Sacher, magdas Hotel Vienna City, Palais Mailberger Hof, Hotel Astoria Wien ...
1 December 2025
Best Newcomer Award!
The best serviced apartment concepts were honoured at the So Apart congress in Leipzig – A by Adina Vienna Danube received the Best Newcomer Award! Congratulations to everyone involved!
28 November 2025
Bronze!
We are delighted that our project won bronze in the ‘Space Exhibition’ category at the CommAwards 2025! Congratulations to everyone involved!
26 November 2025
Kitchen concert
Jazz@BWM are back at &flora, the restaurant and bar at Hotel Gilbert – on 30 November at 6.30 p.m.! Cu there! Limited seating, reservations required: online (https://www.undflora.at/reservieren-flora/), by email (foodlovers@undflora.at) or by telephone (+431 523 1345 100)
21 November 2025
BWM on tour …
The interested team was given a tour at Albertina's "Gothic Modern" exhibition (designed by BWM). Still showing until 11 January 2026.
19 November 2025
FRAME Awards 2025
We are excited to share that our project, the Austrian Pavilion EXPO 2025 Osaka, has been awarded silver in the ‘Cultural Space’ category at the FRAME Awards 2025! Congratulations to the entire team and everyone involved!
17 November 2025
Verkaufsstart.
To mark the start of sales for the apartments at Funkhaus Wien, Rhomberg invited to a site visit. A total of 57 freehold apartments are being built, 22 of which are in the partially listed building itself and 35 in a modern new hybrid timber construction. Luca Vogelsinger, Sales Manager at Rhomberg in Vienna, Elisabeth Rohr-de Wolf from Elisabeth Rohr Real Estate and Markus Kaplan, BWM, presented the project …
11 November 2025
Making of …
Once a year, we cause quite a stir at Margaretenplatz — namely, when the entire BWM team gathers on the steps of Margaretenhof for a group photo. Thank you all, it's always great fun!
10 November 2025
Wandertag
The BWM team on a hiking day – with glorious weather, unexpectedly mountainous terrain and a leisurely finish …
3 November 2025
Niederösterreichischer Kulturpreis!
On October 23, 2025, the Lower Austria Culture Awards 2025 were presented at a gala ceremony at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten. Moderated by Teresa Vogl, Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner honored outstanding Lower Austrian artists for their achievements. In addition, a special prize for “exhibition design” was awarded this year, which, in the context of the annual focus “Remembering for the Future,” highlights the outstanding importance of audience-oriented design of learning spaces and places for the reception of history and art. BWM founder and partner Johann Moser received the honorary award in this category.
29 October 2025
Backstage on Stage
With its decidedly theatrical flair, BWMs concept for the Hotel am Konzerthaus was developed under the motto of “Backstage on stage". This is also reflected in the approximately 200 rooms. While the black areas such as the entrance and bathroom entrance stand for “backstage”, eye-catching materials such as velvet, wood and brass characterise the “onstage” areas.
27 October 2025
Gothic Modern
For the Albertina's fall exhibition, “Gothic Modern,” two key design elements served to structure the seven exhibition rooms: first, a powerful colour narrative on the walls, and second, the use of curved, suspended partitions to create distinct spaces.
23 October 2025
Bronze!
Bronze for the Austria Pavilion! At the BIE Awards of the Bureau International des Expositions, our pavilion for EXPO 2025 Osaka won bronze in the category ‘Exhibition Design Self-built Pavilions’ – we are delighted and congratulate everyone involved in the project!
20 October 2025
Baudialog
At the first ‘Baudialog’ event, initiated by Hotel Gilbert and BWM, a panel of experts discussed the topic of ‘Urban greening – desire and reality’. The panel included Kurt Kleindienst, hotel owner, Ulrike Pitha, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Markus Reiter, district manager of the 7th district, Simon Xie Hong, gastronomer, and Erich Bernard from BWM, hosted by Franziska Leeb. Following the talk, there was time for networking, with delicacies from Parvin Razavi's Restaurant &flora.
16 October 2025
Longlist!
We are excited to share you that our project, Austrian Pavilion EXPO 2025 Osaka, has been selected for the Archello Awards 2025 Longlist in the "Pavilion of the Year - Temporary" category. Congratulations to everyone involved!
14 October 2025
That was Expo 2025 …
On October 13, the gates of EXPO 2025 Osaka closed, after six months and over 1.2 million visitors, the Austrian Pavilion team bid farewell to Japan. We would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone involved for their cooperation, it was truly a pleasure to work with you all on this project!
13 October 2025
World Expo Awards
The World Expo Awards were announced by Exhibitor Magazine: Our pavilion received an honourable mention in the categories ‘Best Exterior Design’ and ‘Best Presentation/Storytelling’.
10 October 2025
BUILT Design Awards 2025
At the BUILT Design Awards 2025, the Austrian Pavilion received an Honourable Mention in the Architectural Design/Cultural category. We are delighted and congratulate everyone involved!
9 October 2025
Welcome …
… at Figlmüllers Café am Dom, an espresso bar on St. Stephen’s Square in the heart of Vienna that brings the tradition of Viennese coffeehouses and espresso bars into the present day. While there’s no mistaking its Viennese roots and Italian influences, the colours, shapes and materials give the space a unique character.
8 October 2025
Favorite Opponent!
At this year's Archiball tournament, our team was awarded the title “Favorite Opponent” (fewest goals and best vibe). photo: Patrick Johannsen
6 October 2025
New structure for historic fabric.
BWM have revitalised the Rathauskeller in Vienna’s historic City Hall, including its event spaces and the 110m-long corridor, restoring and emphasising the building’s original fabric – right now, marking the 200th birthday of Friedrich von Schmidt, the City Hall’s architect. The Vienna Rathauskeller is a complex ensemble of highly varied spaces that, nevertheless, share many design elements – we have brought these elements back to the fore …
3 October 2025
Architekt(o)ur
Afternoon architecture at the magdas Hotel, with a guided tour by Johann Moser…
2 October 2025
Lange Nacht der Museen
On October 4, the ORF Long Night of Museums will take place again – whether it's the Albertina, the House of Austrian History, the Literature Museum, the former synagogue in St. Pölten, the Papyrus Museum, the Archaeology Museum at Eggenberg Castle, the Technical Museum etc., they will all open their doors from 6 p.m. to midnight and offer guided tours and special events.
1 October 2025
Final countdown …
12, 11, 10 … Only a few days left of this year’s EXPO in Osaka – don’t miss it! Every day, around 250,000 visitors flock to the EXPO site, and the rush to the Austrian Pavilion continues unabated ... Wishing the team on site all the best for the final phase!