Reporting by Greg Ritchie.

FOUR Oxford buildings will go up against the Westgate Centre for a prestigious architectural award.

Earlier this week, we revealed that the city's £440m shopping centre had been nominated – to the surprise of many – in the 2019 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awards.

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Now we show the four Oxford architectural treasures the shopping mall is competing with.

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First is the Greenland Library at Brasenose College.

Oxford Mail:

The refurbished library, pictured above, was opened in 2018 by Oxford novelist Sir Philip Pullman, and included a £4 million extension that was completely funded by donations from alumni.

Brasenose bursar Phillip Parker said: "The college is delighted that the quality of our library refurbishment and extension is being recognised by RIBA in this way.

“The project was developed in response to the demands of our students, and thanks to the funding of our generous alumni, our beautiful Library has now been reinvigorated.

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“Since the day of its re-opening, the Library has been very well used, and is a beautiful and inspirational place of study at the heart of our college."

Second on the list is Dora Carr Close – a residential development in Headington.

Oxford Mail:

The estate, designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, contains 47 new homes, including 15 three-bedroom houses, four four-bedroom houses, and a four-storey 'mansion' block containing 28 one- and two-bedroom flats.

It is one of three Oxford projects designed by AHMM for developers Greensquare Group, alongside Barns Road and Westlands Drive.

The Beecroft Building on Parks Road, pictured below is used by Oxford University’s physics department.

Oxford Mail:

Opened by inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, the building provides high-quality office space for theorists above ground and state-of-the-art laboratories below ground.

Architects Hawkins/Brown describe the building as being 'designed to facilitate extremely sensitive experiments that will advance the university’s research into areas such as quantum science and technology, and the fundamental laws of nature'.

Finally, Mansfield College’s Hands Building was completed in October 2017.

Oxford Mail:

The environmentally-friendly structure contains over 70 student bedrooms as well as the Sir Joseph Hotung Auditorium, Mansfield’s first purpose-built lecture theatre, which spans the two lower floors.

College principal Helen Mountfield told the Oxford Mail: “We are delighted that the Hands Building at Mansfield College, built for us by MICA associates and opened last year by Kofi Annan, is up for the RIBA Regional award.

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“It looks great, works well and has transformed the life of the college.”

If any of the buildings are successful in the RIBA South Awards, they will be considered for a national award in recognition of their architectural excellence, the results of which will be announced in June.