Here's our newest recap on some of the most recent news in competition-winning projects, commissions, awards, shortlists, and events on Bustler from the previous week that are worth checking out.

Check out recap #39 for Dec. 8-12, 2014 below:

Kuehn Malvezzi’s winning team design for an “Insectarium” in Montreal 

Berlin-based practice Kuehn Malvezzi had the winning design for the Insectarium as part of the Espace pour la Vie botanical gardens' three-project competition in Montreal, Canada. Also check out Saucier + Perrotte Architectes' entry for the Glass Pavilion.

Steven Holl Architects to design Mumbai City Museum North Wing in star-studded competition 

Out of a super-star list of competitors, a team led by Steven Holl Architects won the competition to design the $44.3 million North Wing — or the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum — of the Mumbai City Museum, one of India's leading cultural institutions.

BUSTLER’S CALL FOR ENTRIES: Share your Guggenheim Helsinki Stage One proposals!

If you've been following the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition, only six out of the 1,715 Stage One entries made it as finalists. We know many of you Non-Finalists probably want to share what you submitted. Aren't you curious to see what designs your fellow participants around the world had in mind?

BIG’s upcoming “HOT TO COLD” exhibition at the National Building Museum 

BIG is returning to the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. with a new exhibition titled "HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation", just a few months after their successful giant indoor maze this past summer.

Moshe Safdie wins the 2015 AIA Gold Medal 

Moshe Safdie won the 2015 IA Gold Medal. Voted on annually, the AIA Gold Medal is regarded as the architecture profession's highest honor given to an individual. The medal honors an individual's body of work that created a lasting impact on architectural practice and theory. Archinectors had mixed reactions to Safdie's selection.

Ehrlich Architects wins 2015 AIA Architecture Firm Award; Peter Eisenman takes the Topaz Medallion 

The same day AIA announced Moshe Safdie as the 2015 Gold Medallist, Ehrlich Architects also won the 2015 Architecture Firm Award. Peter Eisenman won the 2015 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion; Edward Mazria got the 2015 Kemper Award; and student-led Rural Studio won the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award.

Harvard GSD’s $100K Wheelwright Prize 2015 to launch in early January

The Harvard Graduate School of Design will launch the third edition of their $100,000 Wheelwright Prize travel grant next month. Find out how to apply to this prestigious travel fellowship.

Brian Sell of Moody Nolan Architects wins Nelson Mandela Memorial competition 

One year after the passing of the late Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, the winning proposal of the Nelson Mandela Memorial Design Competition was revealed. The Nelson Mandela Foundation invited all U.S. residents over the age of 13 to design a permanent memorial in San Mateo, California that honors Mandela's legacy.

The winning design of Canada’s National Memorial to Victims of Communism 

ABSTRAKT Studio Architecture's design will be realized to become Canada's National Memorial to Victims of Communism. The memorial will pay tribute to the more than 100 million people worldwide who suffered or perished under communist dictatorship and educate the public about its dark history. What do you think of the idea behind this memorial?

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