Oxford University Development Ltd (OUD) has shortlisted five teams for the development of the area around Begbroke Science Park in the UK. The GBP1 billion (US$1.34 billion) project consists of up to 2,000 high-quality new homes, schools, communal facilities and a public park. It involves the expansion of existing Science Park into a new innovation district to provide a new location for innovation and collaboration between University researchers and the private sector.

The four shortlisted teams are as follows:

• Allies and Morrison; Mecanoo, Gort Scott; DK-CM, Hargreaves Jones (USA), BuroHappold, Systematica (USA), HR&A (USA)
• Carlo Ratti Associati; Outcomist, Martha Schwartz Partners, Ove Arup & Partners, Studio 20-20, Groupwork Architects, Tsuruta Architects; Theatrum Mundi; Fabienne Nicholas, Mobility in Chain; Soundings; Indeed Innovation (Germany)
• Grimshaw; Hoare Lea, BuroHappold, Logika Consultants; McGregor Coxall; Jas Bhalla Architects; Openstudio Architects; XCO2
• Hawkins Brown; OKRA (Netherlands); BuroHappold and C:Lab; RCKa; Ooze (Netherlands); Ecological Land Cooperative; Wordsearch Place
• Prior + Partners; The Place Bureau; Alison Brooks Architects; Wilkinson Eyre Architects, dRMM; Gillespies (Oxford); Spacehub; Ramboll; Stantec; Hoare Lea; Keith Orlesky; Philipp Bouteiller, Pooran Desai; Transition by Design (Oxford); Transsolar (Germany); Usman Haque; Jonathan Rose Companies (USA)