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Danish design company Skagerak has partnered with design duo Included Middle on an outdoor furniture collection called Gerda, inspired by traditional red and white tablecloths. Read more View the full article

Cuboid planters containing trees and shrubs protrude from the elevations of this home in Saigon, Vietnam, designed by MIA Design Studio. Read more View the full article

Basalt floors and wood panelled ceilings and walls cover this São Paulo apartment designed by local practice Studio MK27. Read more View the full article

Italian architecture studio Iosa Ghini Associati has worked with Russian firm Mosproekt-3 to complete 47 high-rise buildings clad with colourful panels on the outskirts of Moscow. Read more View the full article

Continuing our review of 2019, Lizzie Crook spotlights 10 of the best staircase designs from this year including concrete steps intended to attract Japanese spirits and stairs that double as a meeting space. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England. Read more View the full article

Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. Read more View the full article

CEBRA has completed a cave-like prayer centre in Abu Dhabi housed in a landscape of jagged, rock-like forms. Read more View the full article

For his own residence, California architect Dan Brunn has designed a long, slender home that stretches over a brook on a wooded property in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. Read more View the full article

Continuing our review of 2019, Sabina Sohail selects the top 10 hotels of the year including a spa in the Sharjah desert and a hotel built within an abandoned quarry in China. Jungle Keva Hotel, Mexico, by Jaque Studio Located in Tulum, the interiors of this hotel features palm leaf-lined ceilings and wooden fixtures and furnishings – taking cues from its verdant surroundings. Jungle Keva is made up of four 50 square-metre guest lodges, which have been dotted throughout a tree-filled plot of land to create an atmosphere of "being in a small village in the Mayan jungle". Read more on the Jungle Keva Hotel › Al Faya Lodge, UAE, by Anarchitect Anarchitect transform…

In our latest competition, we're offering our readers the chance to win a week-long retreat for two at Soul & Surf in Sri Lanka. Read more View the full article

Artist and illustrator Emily Forgot collaborated with British furniture brand Very Good & Proper on this series of multimedia artworks that draw inspiration from the architecture of post-war schools. Read more View the full article

Merry Christmas to all our readers! We'll be back with more architecture and design tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy this photo of a cabin in Norway design by Snøhetta, and take a look at the best Christmas trees and cards of the year. View the full article

Chilean architect Alberto Moletto has created a concrete-framed educational facility at a Catholic university that is designed to go "unnoticed for those who walk through the campus". Read more View the full article

Our pick of the best Christmas cards we've received from architects, designers and brands this year includes Chris Precht's treehouse and a festive Notre-Dame Cathedral. Read more View the full article

A pair of cabins heated by a sauna stove, a zero-impact reflective cabin in the Swiss Alps and treetop cabins on stilts are among this year's 10 standout cabins choosen by Karen Anderson, as we continue our review of 2019. Read more View the full article

Product design studio Tiipoi has worked with Indian master craftsman Mathew Sasa to create a collection of ceramic vessels using a technique found in a remote village in northeastern India. Read more View the full article

Stockholm-based artist Åsa Stenerhag has created a series of ceramic objects that she suggests might be alien body parts. Read more View the full article

Montreal interior designer Michael Godmer has expanded and revitalised a local townhouse by preserving original woodwork and adding contemporary details. Read more View the full article

American architect Paul Andersen has designed a series of commercial structures in Colorado with deceptive facades that rise higher than the actual buildings – a style that was popular in the Old West. Read more View the full article

Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to "reacquaint the community" with the health-giving properties of their local waters. Read more View the full article

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has designed the facades of a car park for Lego in Billund, Denmark, which features a road layout based on the toy company's City road plates. Read more View the full article

We've rounded up some of our favourite Christmas trees of the year, including not one but two inspired by the Bauhaus and a Lego dragon in Christmas tree form. Read more View the full article

As part of Dezeen's yearly review, reporter Natasha Levy has selected the top 10 home interiors of 2019 – among which is a micro flat in Taiwan and a bunker-style apartment in Sydney. Read more View the full article