Pavilion short-listed for architecture award

THE De La Warr Pavilion is one of eight buildings in the South East short-listed for this year's Royal Institute of British Architects Awards.

The architects for the 9m refurbishment of the pavilion were John McAslan and Partners, of London.

Some 23 projects were entered for the awards in the region - which includes not only Sussex, Kent and Surrey but Guernsey and Jersey.

The other short-listed buildings in the region are:

*Folkestone Academy, Folkestone, Kent; Foster & Partners, London

*A public toilet in Parrock Street Car Park, Gravesend;Plastik Architects, London

*The Viking Day Unit, Margate ; Nightingale Associates, Hove

*Chelsea Football Club Training Academy, Cobham, Surrey; Atherden Fuller Leng, Manchester

*The Lightbox, Woking; Marks Barfield Architects, London

*The East Beach Caf, Littlehampton, West Sussex; Heatherwick Studio, London

*The Royal Court Development, St Peter Port, Guernsey; Clerici Design, Worcester with Nicholas Hare Architects LLP and HBG Construction, London.

RIBA Awards are judged by a regional jury, judged to be best able to respond to local contexts and use of style and materials.

The award winners in the South East will be announced on May 29.