A research institute in London by Allies and Morrison, a thatch-clad building at the University of East Anglia by Architype and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ striking red arts school in Plymouth have all been shortlisted for this year’s prize.

Also on the list is a new city hall in Buenos Aires by last year’s AJ120 chart-topper Foster + Partners, a riverside college campus in Glasgow by Reaich + Hall and Michael Laird Architects, and an £80 million library at the University of Oxford by Wilkinson Eyre.