A diverse shortlist of 12 buildings ranges from Dancing Flowers to a Confetti Campus

Brackley Town Hall, Northamptonshire, by Haverstock (phs: Tom Pengilley)

Confetti Campus, Nottingham, by Allan Joyce Architects (phs: Martine Hamilton Knight)

Dancing Flowers of Doe Lea, Derbyshire, by Tonkin Liu (phs: Alex Peacock, William Lane, Tonkin Liu)

Hannington Farm, Northamptonshire, by James Gorst Architects (phs: Ståle Eriksen)

Heart for Hathersage, Derbyshire, by Architect Studio Gedye with Ares (phs: Simon Bull)

Nevill Holt Opera, Leicestershire, by Witherford Watson Mann (phs: Hélène Binet, Manuela Barczewski)

Northampton International Academy, by Architecture Initiative (phs: Luke Hayes, Will Scott)

Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre, Nottinghamshire, by JDDK Architects (phs:Sally-Ann Norman)

Stackyard, Derbyshire, by James Boon Architects (phs: James Boon)

Teaching & Learning Building, University of Nottingham, by Make Architects (phs: Martina Ferrera, Martine Hamilton Knight)

The Octagon, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, by Bench Architects (phs: Isabel Nogueira, Raida Kassim-Bench, Colin Budenberg)

University of Northampton Learning Hub, by MCW Architects (phs: Jim Stephenson, Alan Crow)