
The best thing about the Hill Country Wine Cave in southeastern Texas is that it’s sited in an actual cave. Before designing the structure, the architects at Clayton Korte captured a 3D scan of the cavern. They then custom-designed the architectural volume as an insert that could easily slide into the cave, like a ship into a bottle. Wood and concrete finishes imbue the space with warmth, but there’s plenty of exposed limestone, too — a reminder that this was a collaborative design effort in which nature was enlisted as a participant.

Team Brian Korte with Camden Greenlee, Josh Nieves and Brandon Tharp (Clayton Korte); Michael Parolini (SSG Structural Engineers); Kristof Irwin (Positive Energy); J.P. Monday (Monday Builders); Christina Brown (Studio Lumina); Intelligent Engineering
The best thing about the Hill Country Wine Cave in southeastern Texas is that it’s sited in an actual cave.