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. 

Have a look at recap #117 for the week of July 11-15, 2016.

Daniel Libeskind to design shiny mixed-use complex in Vilnius

Daniel Libeskind is making his mark — in all its signature jagged, geometric wonder — throughout the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. Most recently Studio Libeskind won the competition to design a new mixed-use building complex. Any thoughts on the design?

RIBA announces 2016 Stirling Prize shortlist

And then there were six. RIBA is down to the six shortlisted projects competing for the prestigious Stirling Prize, including a revamped historic library at Oxford and a gallery for Damien Hurst's private collection, to name a few.

The winning results of the New London Awards 2016

Celebrating the cream of the crop in recently completed projects based throughout London, 26 projects were selected as category winners out of 136 entries. Peter Barber Architects' Holmes Road Studio for the homeless (pictured above) won overall. Well deserved!

Nineteen 2016 Fuller Challenge semi-finalists revealed

From sustainable human burials, water catchment systems for schools, to feminine hygiene products made out of banana fiber, 19 semi-finalist initiatives are vying to win the big $100,000 prize in the 2016 Fuller Challenge. 

“A Serpentine Science” and “Deserted Border Lands” win the 2016 Norden Fund

This year's Norden Fund awarded two student proposals. One winner will retrace the legacy of architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy in Rio de Janeiro, while the other winning team will study the impact of increasingly aggressive security at the border between Sonora, Mexico and the Tohono O’odham reservation in Arizona.

Announcing the DENCITY 2016 winners!

In response to the widespread consequences of rapid urbanization, Shelter Global launched the second edition of their annual DENCITY competition. Architects are asked how they would help alleviate sub-standard housing conditions through self-sufficient and empowering means.

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