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 #40 for Dec. 15-19, 2014 below:

OMA to design Shanghai’s Lujiazui Exhibiton Center 

OMA had the winning design for the upcoming Lujiazui Exhibition Center near the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The "spatial armature" exhibition center is expected to be built on the grounds of the former Shanghai Shipyard late next year.

Stereotank’s HEARTBEAT wins 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart Design 

"HEARTBEAT" by Brooklyn-based, Venezuelan-born firm Stereotank won the popular Times Square Valentine Heart Design contest. The "heart-beating urban drum" installation will be on public display at Times Square starting February 9.

Heatherwick Studio’s “Provocations” to make West Coast debut at the Hammer Museum 

Heatherwick Studio's Provocations: The Architecture and Design of Heatherwick Studio exhibition is coming to the Hammer Museum on February 20. Currently at the Nasher Sculpture Center until January 4, Provocations will showcase numerous multidisciplinary works by British designer Thomas Heatherwick and his studio.

420 projects nominated for the Mies Van der Rohe 2015 Award 

A total of 420 projects around the world were selected to compete for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. We'll have to wait until next month to see who makes the cut toward winning the esteemed €60,000 prize.

National Parks Now finalists chosen to reinvent the national park experience 

As part of Van Alen's Elsewhere initiative and the National Park Services' centennial celebration in 2016, four teams of young professionals will develop strategies on how to reinvent the national park experience using four U.S. national parks as case studies.

Chicago Architecture Biennial Launches Call for Lakefront Kiosk Competition 

The highly anticipated Chicago Architecture Biennial announced a Call for Proposals for its Lakefront Kiosk Competition. The competition invites the international architecture community to design a new public kiosk landmark near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline.

The Unbelievable Challenge winners reimagine Santa Claus’ logistics center 

Co-organized by Ruukki Construction, the City of Oulu, Helsinki Design Week, and Snøhetta, the Unbelievable Challenge sought the best idea for a new Oulu-based logistics center in Finland suited for a unique imaginary investor: Santa Claus.

See previous recaps here.