The year ahead will see a varied mix of building completions, with tall buildings in London again making a significant impact and the anticipated completion of the country’s biggest sports venue since the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

While cultural projects will take a low profile in the UK compared with last year, there is a significant addition to Milton Keynes’ art scene, and further afield, there are cultural projects on a grander scale, with the completion of the stupendous National Museum of Qatar and international celebrations for the Bauhaus centenary. 

Crossrail makes its second entrance on an annual preview, but, as with much of its four-decade history and Britain’s infrastructure redevelopment in general, patience rather than certainty remains the order of the day.

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