At the start of every week, we highlight 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.

Here's recap #49 for Feb. 23-27, 2015 below:

Winners of the AIA 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award + Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement 

Both awards distinguish significant contributions and lasting influence in the architecture profession and the community. University campus architect Thomas E. Lollini, FAIA and Secretary of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Thomas Luebke, FAIA won in their respective categories for, coincidentally, the Thomas Jefferson Award. The Lyceum Fellowship and Transsolar KlimaEngineering were the lucky recipients for the Collaborative Achievement award.

Entrants showcase their potential for Nine Elms to Pimlico Pedestrian Bridge over London’s River Thames 

The London Borough of Wandsworth launched a competition back in December inviting multidisciplinary teams worldwide to design a concept for a new pedestrian and cycle bridge across London's River Thames, between the Nine Elms and Pimlico districts. While the entries are anything but boring, the organizers are focused on finding the best team who shows the strongest potential to design the landmark bridge.

Five finalists announced for the 2015 Mies van der Rohe Award 

It's the final stretch for the 2015 Mies van der Rohe Award competition. The jury will begin visiting all five finalist project sites and each team will prepare for a public presentation on their projects. May 8 is the big day when the winner of the €60,000 prize is revealed. (Pictured: Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics in London, United Kingdom by O’Donnell + Tuomey.)

BUSTLER’S CALL FOR ENTRIES: Share your Bamiyan Cultural Centre proposals! 

A total of 1,070 entries were submitted to UNESCO Afghanistan's Bamiyan Cultural Centre competition, so Archinect and Bustler is inviting all non-finalists to share their entries! Click the link above to learn how to submit your project.

A look at the HOUSE 2020 Future Smart House student-winner designs 

Student participants were challenged to provide feasible, cost-effective strategies to the increasingly relevant question, "What is smart technology now?", in designing the smart house of the future. The winning ideas may provide the basis for a functioning house prototype to be built in Toronto by 2020. (Pictured: 1ST PLACE: "Tranquil House" by Peter Kitchen)

A glimpse at the winning PORTO Pool Promenade design ideas 

CTRL+SPACE organized the competition to explore innovative public-space designs that would keep the Portuguese city of Porto connected to the Duoro River while accommodating more leisurely urban activities as tourism increases in the city. (Pictured: 1ST PRIZE: “GENESIS” by Konstantinos Kosmas and Nestoras Skantzouris from Athens, Greece)

See previous recaps here.