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.

Check out Bustler recap #74 for the week of August 31-September 4, 2015 below:

Submit your designs now to the eVolo 2016 Skyscraper Competition! 

eVolo's popular Skyscraper Competition is back for 2016. Entrants worldwide are invited to send their most innovative interpretation of the skyscraper — the sky is indeed the limit! You can sign up for early registration now until November 17, 2015.

RIBA Manser Medal renamed to House of the Year, winner to be broadcast on British TV 

RIBA recently renamed its prestigious Manser Medal competition to the RIBA House of the Year award. Since the 2015 longlisted homes were revealed back in June, there's been a change in plans for the rest of this year's competition. Starting November 4, RIBA will work with Britain's Channel 4 for a weekly TV series called "Grand Designs: RIBA House of the Year". (Pictured: Cefn Castell, Gwynedd, Wales by Stephenson Studio LTD)

The National Building Museum’s BEACH to be recycled for arts competition in D.C. 

Now that the wildly successful BEACH at the National Building Museum has closed, the construction materials of the 10,000 square-foot ball pit will be re-used for an arts competition for D.C.-based initiative, the Dupont Underground.

Sign up now for the AA Visiting School Greece: Thessaloniki Revelations workshop 

The AA Greece Visiting School program is prepping for their Thessaloniki "Revelations" session, starting on October 30. The workshop will investigate the urban fabric of the historic city of Thessaloniki through a series of multi-parameter morphological operations and the use of digital fabrication tools. All architecture and design students and professionals worldwide are invited to register. Spots are limited!

Flashback: The “Treedom” lights up Budapest’s Sziget Festival 

At Budapest's 2015 Sziget Festival last month stood "Treedom", an alluring forest of wooden trees designed by a team led by Parisian practice Atelier YokYok, who won the competition to design the centerpiece installation.

Explore the city of the future in the “Imaginary World of Harry Smith” competition. Register now!

Ideasforward — the creators of the 24H Competition — looks further out into the future in their newest competition, The Imaginary World of Harry Smith. The competition is set up like a comic webseries with four episodes. Set in an imaginary world where anything is possible, each episode will explore a different theme that relates to the city of the future.

Shortlist for the 2015 RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize 

RIBA's 2015 Stephen Lawrence Prize competition is already underway. Seven projects made the cut for this year's shortlist for a chance to win the prize, which recognizes the best UK-based projects built with a construction budget of less than £1 million. (Pictured: Pear Tree House, London by Edgley Design.)

The Architectural League’s Beaux Arts Ball is back for 2015 with THRESHOLD 

You can buy your tickets now to one of New York's most anticipated architecture + design parties of the year: the Architectural League of New York's Beaux Arts Ball 2015. The event takes place at the historic Knockdown Center in Queens on Friday, September 18.

Three shortlisted for 2015 RIBA Client of the Year 

Every year, the Royal Institute of British Architects recognizes exemplary clients in the RIBA Client of the Year award. The award highlights the influence of a client in the creation of "fine architecture". (Pictured: Abode at Great Kneighton, Cambridge.)

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