RIBA announced its shortlist of nine projects for the region today (27 February). They include the refurbishment of two Brutalist buildings at Coventry University by BDP, and the transformation of a 1960s Brutalist medical building for the University of Worcester by Glancy Nicholls Architects.Also making the cut is OMI Architects with the alteration and extension of a monastery in the city in Birmingham, the contemporary enhancement of the National Trusts Grade-I listed Hanbury Hall by Howells, and a new on-campus nursery for the University of Staffordshire by FCBS.Invisible House, an intriguing all-mirrored home by BPN Architects, is also among the shortlisted projects.Advertisement Source:Henry WoideInvisible House by BPN ArchitectsIn last years West Midlands regional awards, FCBS emerged as the big winner, picking up four special prizes for its overhaul of the worlds first iron-framed building in Shrewsbury, the Flaxmill Maltings. Overall, five of the 12-strong shortlist garnered awards.RIBA West Midlands jury chair Tim Collett, associate professor in architecture at the University of Nottingham, said this years shortlist includes nine exciting buildings that offer a wonderful range of typologies and scales from large academic and commercial buildings to homes, a nursery and a pavilion.Collett added: It is heart-warming to see so much transformation and imaginative reuse, and sustainability targets surpassed. Source:Verity MilliganElizabeth Garrett Anderson Medical Teaching Building by Glancy Nicholls ArchitectsAll projects shortlisted for RIBA regional awards will be visited by a jury, with the winners announced later this spring.The winners will then be considered for several RIBA Special Awards, including the RIBA Sustainability Award and RIBA Building of the Year, before being considered for a highly coveted RIBA National Award, to be announced in the summer.AdvertisementThe shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize the UKs best new building will be drawn from the RIBA National Award-winning projects and announced in September.The Stirling Prize winner will be announced in October.Shortlist for 2025 RIBA West Midlands architecture awardsCoventry University, College of Arts & Society by BDPElizabeth Garrett Anderson Medical Teaching Building by Glancy Nicholls ArchitectsHanbury Hall by HowellsInvisible House by BPN ArchitectsManresa House by OMI ArchitectsOld Fire Station by KKE ArchitectsOne Centenary Way by HowellsUniversity of Staffordshire Woodlands Nursery by Feilden Clegg Bradley StudiosWilliamson House by John Pardey Architects