The eyecatching projects, says judging panel chairman Peter Cartwright, cover "a wide range of sectors with many schemes reinventing existing buildings rather than building new, which is great to see. We are very interested in the operation and performance of buildings, as opposed to purely how they look – their beauty must be more than skin deep." Winners will be announced at an awards evening in Sheffield on June 4.
9. Nexus, Leeds
Nexus, Leeds, by Associated Architects. Nexus was conceived as the Universitys business-facing front door, providing a high-profile physical focal point for stimulating collaboration with external companies and other public/private organisations. Photo: Mike Dinsdale
10. Nexus, Leeds
Nexus, Leeds, by Associated Architects. Design incorporates a strong horizontal emphasis from the listed Stoner building, crisp anodized metal from the MSCP, warmer bronzed cladding echoes the softer tones of the redbrick buildings of the nearby Conservation Area. Photo: Mike Dinsdale
11. St Albans Place, Leeds
St Albans Place, Leeds, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Grounded and newly settled at the gateway to an emerging student quarter in the heart of Leeds, are the new VITA Student Homes. Photo: Will Pryce
12. St Albans Place, Leeds
St Albans Place, Leeds, by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. Drawing on Leeds' traditional ceramic and textile industries, the building faade is expressed as a woven pattern of glazed bronze ceramices. Photo: Will Pryce