Southerly contenders include a house made of cork, a new take on a beach hut, and Oxford’s multi-architect Westgate shopping centre

GW Annenberg Performing Arts Centre, Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, by Studio Seilern Architects (ph: Omer Kanipak, Nick Hufton)

River Thames Footbridge, Maidenhead, Berkshire, by Knight Architects and COWI (phs: Anthony Prevost, Knight Architects)

Murray Centre, Downe House School, Thatcham, Berkshire, by Design Engine Architects (ph: Design Engine)

Cork House, Berkshire, by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton (phs: David Grandorge, Alex de Rijke, Magnus Dennis, Ricky Jones)

Lark Rise, Berkshire, by Bere Architects (ph: Tim Crocker)

Places Leisure, Eastleigh, Hampshire, by AHR (ph: Daniel Hopkinson)

Lovedon Fields, Kingsworthy, Hampshire, by John Pardey Architects and BBA Architects (ph: Richard Chivers)

Beach Huts and Public Realm Improvements, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, by Snug Architects and Ramboll Consulting Engineers (ph: Martin Gardner)

The Lookout at Lepe Country Park, Lepe, Hampshire, by Hampshire County Council Architects (ph: Jim Stephenson)

Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch, Hampshire, by Hampshire County Council Architects (phs: Joe Low, Jon Skipper)

Ridding Court, Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, by Cowper Griffith Architects (ph: Peter Cook)

Hampshire House, Hampshire, by Niall McLaughlin Architects (ph: Nick Kane)

Greenland Library, Brasenose College, Oxford, by Lee Fitzgerald Architects (ph: Lance McNulty)

Dora Carr Close, Oxford, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, RPS, Ruff Architects (ph: Timothy Soar)

The Beecroft Building, University of Oxford, by Hawkins Brown (phs: Jack Hobhouse, Jim Stephenson)

The Hands Building, Mansfield College, Oxford, by MICA Architects (phs: Richard Chivers, MICA Architects)

Westgate, Oxford by BDP, Dixon Jones, Allies & Morrison, Panter Hudspith and Glenn Howells Architects (ph: Nick Caville)