In Central Europe, borders are not solid barriers but are rather fluid. Central Europe is a deeply connected cultural space of intensive exchange (M. Csáky) in which artistic production is shaped by densely intertwined mutual contacts and influences between individual countries and regions. This is particularly visible in the activities of large architectural, painting and sculptural workshops in the 18th century, which had a wide network of collaborators throughout the area. A key role in the rapid and far-reaching transfer of artistic solutions was played by the commissioners of artworks, both ecclesiastical and secular, strongly connected by a dense network of contacts that did not stop at (today’s national) borders. This paper studies the example of the activities of the architectural workshop of Joseph Hueber from Graz (1715–1787) in historical Styria, present-day Austria, and Lower Styria (present-day Slovenia) and northwestern Croatia to explore the method and scope of the workshop’s work, as well as the reconstruction of contacts between commissioners from the ranks of the Styrian, Hungarian and Croatian nobility.V srednji Evropi meje niso trdne ovire, ampak so precej fluidne. Gre za tesno povezan kulturni prostor intenzivne izmenjave, v katerem umetniško ustvarjanje oblikujejo gosto prepleteni medsebojni stiki in vplivi med posameznimi državami in regijami. To je še posebej vidno v dejavnostih velikih arhitekturnih, slikarskih in kiparskih delavnic v 18. stoletju, ki so imele široko mrežo sodelavcev po celotnem območju. Ključno vlogo pri hitrem in daljnosežnem prenosu umetniških rešitev so imeli tako cerkveni kot posvetni naročniki umetniških del, ki so bili močno povezani z gosto mrežo stikov, ki se je pletla tudi preko (danes nacionalnih) meja. V članku so na primeru arhitekturne delavnice Jožefa Hueberja iz Gradca (1715–1787), ki je delovala na območju dežele Štajerske v današnji Avstriji in Sloveniji ter v severozahodni Hrvaški, raziskane metode mreženja in obseg dela delavnice, kar je omogočilo rekonstrukcijo stikov med naročniki iz vrst štajerskega, madžarskega in hrvaškega plemstva
