Visions for the Olympic Park's answer to the South Bank take shape

For those that haven't seen them, below are the shortlisted designs for a 50-acre area of the Olympic Park which is being billed as east London's answer to the South Bank.

Public exhibitions are being held to showcase the shortlisted designs, which were selected from more than 100 entries from across Europe, Asia and North America.

The area will become a major meeting point in the park, sitting between the aquatics centre, the stadium and the ArcelorMittal Orbit.

A winner will be announced in December.

The shortlisted parties are as follows with the pictures below - although the Olympic Park Legacy Company is not saying which party produced which design, so as not to influence the judging process:

• Agence Ter (Paris) in collaboration with architects Heneghan Peng (Ireland), engineering consultants (park) Buro Happold (Bath), engineering consultants (buildings) ARUP (London), lighting designers Bartenbach LichtLabor (Austria), and quantity surveyors Gardiner & Theobald

• Gustafson Porter (London) in collaboration with architect Niall McLaughlin (Ireland), engineers ARUP (London) and quantity surveyors Davis Langdon

• James Corner Field Operations in collaboration with engineers ARUP (London), Make Architects (London), identity and graphics by tomato (London), planting and horticulture by Piet Oudolf (Netherlands), lighting designers and consultants L'Observatoire International (New York), events and live activity planning by Groundbreaking, play consultants Playlink (London), quantity surveyors Deloitte (London)

• Ken Smith Landscape Architect in collaboration with Michael Maltzan Architecture (California), civil, structural and sustainable engineers Buro Happold (Bath), landscape designer Piet Oudolf (Netherlands), public space program and management ETM associates (New Jersey) and cost consultant, design project manager, specification consultant Davis Langdon (Australia)

• West 8 (Netherlands) in collaboration with architect Benthem Crouwel Architekten BV bna (Netherlands), engineer Buro Happold (Bath), and quantity surveyor Davis Langdon (Australia)