RIBA shortlist for East announced

The Accordia housing scheme (designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley)

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 13 buildings shortlisted for its East of England awards in 2008.

The shortlisted buildings include five in Cambridgeshire, three in Essex, three in Suffolk, one in Bedfordshire and one in Hertfordshire.

The 13 buildings, picked from 29 entries, include work on the historic Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds.

A winning scheme will be announced on 29 May.

The shortlisted schemes will be visited by an awards jury on 1 and 2 April. Schemes shortlisted for the 2008 RIBA Awards are:

The restoration of the Theatre Royal cost about £5.1m

In Cambridgeshire the shortlisted entries are: The Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn (Hawkins Brown Ltd); The Moller Centre Collaborative Learning Environment and Churchill College Music Centre (DSDHA); Accordia, Cambridge (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios); and New Studio Building, Cambridge University Department of Architecture (Freeland Rees Roberts Architects/Mole Architects), all in Cambridge; and the Thomas Deacon Academy, Peterborough (Foster and Partners).

In Essex the shortlisted entries include: A private House, Newport (David Mikhail Architects, London); St Annes Sure Start, Colchester (DSDHA Ltd, London); and the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, University of Essex, Colchester (Patel Taylor, London).

In Suffolk those shortlisted are: Trinity Park Events Centre, Suffolk Showground, Ipswich (Van Heyningen and Haward Architects); a private house in Orford (Nash Baker Architects LLP); and the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds (Levitt Bernstein Associates Ltd).

In Bedfordshire, the shortlisted entry is Cranfield University, Stringfellow Hall (Stanton Williams).

The Scroope Terrace is part of the Department of Architecture

In Hertfordshire the shortlisted entry is Watford Music Centre (Tim Ronalds Architects).

Louise Todd, Regional Director, RIBA East said: "The East of England has a wealth of stunning buildings and talented architects deserving recognition.

"The RIBA Awards reflect the diversity of architecture and recognise the wide variety of specialist skills involved in delivering good buildings."

The RIBA East region includes the counties of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Essex and Bedfordshire.