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Five up-and-coming UK architects have released their shortlisted designs for an 拢11m observatory at Liverpool Bay.

The plans for the Mersey Observatory are by Duggan Morris, Ellis Williams, Farrell and Clark, Phos Architects and Studio 8. They will be on display in a series of exhibitions in the city until the end of February.

The five were selected from an international field of 92. A winner will be chosen in March.

The completed design will be built overlooking Crosby beach, alongside the life-size 鈥渋ron men鈥� statues by artist Antony Gormley. The brief stipulates that the tower must be at least 30m high, have a viewing platform for up to 200 people, and house a cafe and educational facilities.

Phos鈥� church-like tower is topped by a glass beacon, Duggan Morris has come up with a lamp-shaped lighthouse with a 360掳 viewing platform, Ellis Williams鈥� pier-like structure stretches out nearly 100m over the sea, Farrell and Clark鈥檚 鈥淪ky Pier鈥� has a cantilevered glass walkway above the river and Studio 8鈥檚 design is a V-shaped structure with a suspended viewing platform over the Mersey.

Joe Morris, director of Duggan Morris Architects, said: 鈥淭he setting is entirely unique both geographically and culturally. The challenge was to create something to complement the extraordinary setting as well having sufficient gravitas to act as a 鈥榖eacon鈥� in its own right.鈥�

The project is led by the Mersey Basin Campaign, and is backed by a consortium of Peel Holdings, regeneration body Mersey Waterfront and the North-west Regional Development Agency.