The projects take into account the region's landscape and history
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A competition to design a landmark for the East of England has moved a step forward, after hundreds of entries were whittled down to a shortlist of 12.
Up to three projects could now be chosen by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) for a share of a �250,000 feasibility fund.
The shortlist includes projects to create a lost city, build a bridge of reeds and erect light sculptures.
The final winners will be announced after judging in late March.
The 12 were chosen by a panel of judges from more than 230 entries received from across the world.
Sense of pride
Anthea Case, chair of the panel, said: "The judges were looking for inspirational ideas with the potential to become a major landmark.
"They were looking for ideas which could inspire a sense of pride, generate significant economic benefit and really put the region on the map, nationally and internationally."
The 12 short-listed entries are:
The recreation of the lost city of Dunwich, Suffolk.
A network of ten interactive bridges
A series of landscape based light sculptures
A feature film about the East of England
A bridge of reeds over the A14
The "world's first" environmentally sustainable region
The development of bridges across canals and waterways
A symbolic train to unite the East with Northern Europe
A three-dimensional sculpture of light and sound
A renewable energy station
A coastal defence project and experimental reef
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