National Museum in Szczecin, UTEC, and Matt Emmett are among this week's winners


Need to catch up on the goings-on in architecture competitions? Archinect highlights 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.

Check out competition headliners from the last two weeks in recap #133 below.

RIBA International Prize awarded to Grafton Architects' UTEC “vertical campus” in Lima

The Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) by Grafton Architects and Shell Arquitectos won the very first RIBA International Prize. Open to architects worldwide, the Prize is RIBA's own recognition award for “civil architecture that empowers people and societies to innovate and to progress”.

2016 World Architecture Festival + INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors competition highlights

After four years in Singapore's Marina Bay Sands, the World Architecture Festival and the iNSIDE: World Festival of Interiors moved to Berlin for 2016. In case you missed them, here are a f...

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