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.

See some of last week's competition highlights in recap #128 below:

MVRDV + Zhubo Architecture Design appointed for new Shenzhen sports and cultural center

Image © MVRDV

As sports and fitness centers rapidly sprout up throughout Shenzhen, MVRDV + Zhubo Architecture Design's winning 105,000m2 scheme for the Xili Sports and Cultural Center allows anyone – sports-minded or not — to enjoy themselves. 

It's official: OMA's scheme for the Axel Springer HQ in Berlin

Image © OMA

It's already been a few years since OMA won the competition to design the new Berlin headquarters for media company Axel Springer. During Axel Springer's 50th anniversary celebration of their current headquarters, the official design scheme of their new building was unveiled.

2016 LAGI Santa Monica winners artfully rethink clean-energy infrastructure

The Land Art Generator Initiative revealed the winning proposals of their 2016 competition for Santa Monica Bay. Addressing California's ongoing drought, the proposed art installations had to cleanly produce electricity and/or drinking water.

A closer look at 2016 RIBA Client of the Year, Westmorland's Gloucester Services Station

Photo © Paul Miller.

If you missed RIBA's slew of award announcements, Client of the Year went to Westmorland's Gloucester Services Station, the UK's first and only family-run motorway service station operator. It's not too often that this type of project is recognized for its architecture.

KANVA to design evolving “Imago” installation for Montreal's St. Catherine Street

Image © KANVA

Construction sites can be a nuisance in busy commercial spots like Montreal's St. Catherine Street. Locally based practice KANVA will design an evolving site-specific intervention as St. Catherine Street undergoes construction for a four-year infrastructural upgrade.

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