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 #105 for the week of April 18-22, 2016.

Get a glimpse of the 2016 AZ Awards finalists + vote for the People's Choice now!

In Azure Magazine's annual AZ Awards, architects, designers, manufacturers, and students across the globe have a shot at getting their best work internationally recognized. After sifting through 826 submissions, the five-member jury picked 66 finalists.

schmidt hammer lassen celebrates newly inaugurated International Criminal Court in The Hague

After being one of the competition winners in 2008, schmidt hammer lassen took part in a prestigious inauguration ceremony in celebration of The Hague's new International Criminal Court Permanent Premises, also dubbed as the “Peace Palace of the 21st century”. 

Eight top-notch firms advance in Qatar Art Mill competition

Out of the 26 top-notch architecture firms that were longlisted last August, eight of them won the jury's favor to move on to the third and final stage of the competition. The winning scheme will convert an approximately 1 million square-foot flour mill into yet another art museum proposed for Doha Bay. The finalists' proposals are sure to be a fun mix.

AIA announces the 2016 COTE Top Ten Green Projects

Just in time for Earth Day, the AIA and the Committee on the Environment (COTE) revealed the 2016 Top Ten Green Projects. The jury chose the projects that best convey a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology. EHDD, ZGF Architects, and Lake|Flato Architects are a few of the winning designers this year. 

The 2016 Berkeley Prize essay winners address homelessness

UC Berkeley created the Berkeley Prize to encourage undergraduate architecture students to critically think and write about issues focused on “the understanding of the social art of architecture”. This year, students responded to the theme, “SHELTERING THOSE IN NEED: Architects Confront Homelessness”.

Winners of the Charlie Hebdo Portable Pavilion competition challenge conventions of free speech in contemporary society

Project submissions were meant to reflect on “conventional assumptions of free speech in contemporary culture and society — specifically, what makes speech free and how much of it comes at a cost.” Through architectural speculation, participants have envisioned platforms that encourage open discussion and contemplation.

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