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 mini recap #85:

Rem Koolhaas/OMA to design proposed Manchester Arts Centre, “The Factory” 

The Manchester City Council announced that Rem Koolhaas/OMA will design The Factory, the proposed £110 million (approx. US$166.3 million) Manchester Arts Centre in England. Koolhaas won the commission in an international design competition over fellow starchitects including Zaha Hadid, Mecanoo, Grimshaw Architects, Rafael Viñoly, DS+R, and Haworth Tompkins.

Chandigarh Unbuilt winners reinterpret Le Corbusier’s Museum of Knowledge 

Participants worldwide submitted their 21st-century interpretations of the Museum of Knowledge (MoK), a component of Le Corbusier's proposed Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, India. (Pictured: 1st place winning entry by He Dongming, Tong Hubo, Li Dean)

Architecture at Zero 2015 winners propose zero-energy student housing building 

For the fifth edition of the competition, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) challenged professional and student participants to design a zero-net energy, student housing building for a site on the University of California - San Francisco Mission Bay campus. (Pictured: Honor Award winner: 'Estuary' by MITHUN.)

The winning student entries of the IS ARCH Awards 6th edition 

The IS ARCH Awards provides an international platform for current architecture students and recent grads on which they can contribute and debate on the projects and solutions that are derived from their university studies. (Pictured: 1st prize winner: Curonian Spit - Identity of the Landscape by Jurgis Gecys.)

Sneak peek of Marte.Marte’s “Appearing Sculptural” exhibition at Aedes Architekturforum 

After a successful first exhibition at Berlin's Aedes Architekturforum in 2009, Austrian practice Marte.Marte architects is returning with a two-part exhibition called "Appearing Sculptural" in December. The architects will preview their latest schemes and showcase their previous notable works (which are stunningly photographed).

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