The Ebbsfleet Landmark shortlist

Rachel Whiteread, Mark Wallinger, Christopher Le Brun and Daniel Buren at the Ebbsfleet site Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

An artist's impression of Rachel Whiteread's completed submission Photograph: Robert Glowacki/Todd-White Art Photography/PR

Rachel Whiteread with her shortlisted model. Like many of the submissions, the design is familiar from her earlier work. It would be constructed with the rubble produced by the construction of the houses below Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

What Daniel Buren's design might look like in situ Photograph: PR

Daniel Buren with his model. The tower and 'jewel', from which a green laser beam is emitted, exude an alien, futuristic feel Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

Richard Deacon's proposed crystalline nest as it would appear at the Ebbsfleet location Photograph: PR

Christopher Le Brun's disc and wing design dominating the Kent countryside Photograph: PR

Christopher Le Brun stands alongside his proposal. Both elements of the design have appeared before in the artist's sculpture and painting Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian

Mark Wallinger's horse looking out across the Ebbsfleet site Photograph: PR

Mark Wallinger with his horse maquette. The finished sculpture would be 33 times the size of its average subject Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian