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 #81 for the week of Oct. 26-30, 2015.

10 big-name semifinalist teams to compete for L.A. Pershing Square redesign 

There are plans to revamp downtown L.A.'s oldest park, Pershing Square, into the city's new town square. Ten big-name teams were announced to advance to the next stage of the three-phase competition.

Two recent grads win the 2015 SOM Prize + Travel Fellowship for architecture 

Since 1981, the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation has awarded promising architecture and engineering students a chance to both professionally and personally enrich themselves through international travel grants. Nicholas Coates of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Xiaoxi Chen Laurent of Columbia University won this year's architecture grants.

Get a glimpse of the new Melbourne School of Design by John Wardle Architects + NADAAA 

John Wardle Architects + NADAAA won the competition to design the landmark building for the University of Melbourne back in 2009. Completed within budget and four months ahead of schedule, check out the fully built 15,772 m2 school building.

Summit Powder Mountain cabin design winner shows “how to build responsibly at 8,400 ft” 

The Summit Powder Mountain competition challenged participants to design their ideal mountain residential community in Utah's Wasatch Range, at an altitude of 8,400 feet atop 10,000 acres of untouched land.

Register now for ACSA’s 2015 Virtual College + Career Expo webinar

Thinking about working toward an architecture degree or continuing your education? To help you get started, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is hosting their free online 2015 Virtual College + Career Expo webinar on Saturday, November 21.

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