At the start of every week, we highlight some of the most recent news in competition-winning projects, commissions, awards, shortlists, and events on the newly redesigned Bustler from the previous week that are worth checking out. 

Here's recap #100 for the week of March 14-18, 2016.

BIG, Foster + Partners, and Grimshaw to design 2020 World Expo theme pavilions

Get a first glimpse of the three competition-winning designs for the centerpiece pavilions of the 2020 World Expo in Dubai. Each pavilion pertains to the 2020 Expo's overall theme. "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future".

2016 Curry Stone Design Prize awarded to SPARC, housing rights advocate for India's urban poor

Non-profit group Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers won the prestigious Curry Stone Design Prize. Along with their partners National Slum Dwellers Federation (NSDF) and the all-women Mahila Milan, the three groups have dedicated the last 30 years protecting the interests of India's urban poor.

US/Mexico border wall competition provokes controversy

ICYMI last week, an open competition calling for alternative solutions to a US/Mexico border sparked heated criticism online — even though the organizers claimed this "politically neutral" competition originally intended to promote healthy dialogue on this (highly political) issue.

MJMA awarded as the 2016 RAIC Architectural Firm

Best known for for their recreation and sports buildings, Toronto-based MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects will receive the RAIC's honorable Architectural Firm award recipient for this year.

A closer look at schmidt hammer lassen's Malmö Live, the 2016 Swedish Building of the Year

Schmidt Hammer Lassen's multi-functional Malmö Live project recently won the 2016 Swedish Building of the Year. Completed last May, the three-building complex is quickly becoming a cultural hotspot in the city.

24H Competition 10th edition winners reinterpret everyday "metamorphosis"

In Ideas Forward's latest 24H Competition, participants raced against the clock to complete their design ideas for a multi-functional 10x10x10 cube. (Pictured: 1st prize entry by ​Wilhelm Scherübl, Therese Leick)

Mies van der Rohe's timeless Barcelona Pavilion columns will get a momentary "makeover"

This June, Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion will celebrate its 30th anniversary since its reconstruction. As part of the festivities, architects worldwide were invited to submit proposals for a temporary installation that recreates the Pavilion's columns. (1st prize entry by Luis Martínez Santa-María)

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