An underground concrete house in Monsaraz, Portugal, by Aires Mateus is dug into a hillside and concealed by a green roof that cantilevers outwards. More about Cantilevering concrete roof emerges from Portuguese hillside house by Aires Mateus
Adidas has partnered with designer Fabio Novembre to create patches for its VRCT jacket — a customisable and adaptive take on the American college classic. More about Adidas and Fabio Novembre reinvent the classic varsity jacket
University of Hawaii architecture graduate Joey Valenti has designed prefabricated and low-cost housing units made entirely from invasive albizia trees on the island of Oahu. More about Architecture grad makes affordable prefab homes from Hawaii's invasive trees
Architect Jamie Fobert and graphic designer Peter Saville have received CBEs in the New Year Honours 2020, while designer Sadie Morgan and design advocate Hilary Cottam received OBEs and Forensic Architecture's Eyal Weizman has been made a MBE. More about Jamie Fobert, Peter Saville and Sadie Morgan recognised in Queen's New Year Honours list
Dose-controlled cannabis brand Dosist has opened its second shop in Los Angeles, with an interior designed to reinforce its products' associations with wellness and consistency. More about Dosist opens second LA cannabis store that elevates "wellness in every detail"
Continuing our review of 2019, Benedict Hobson picks out 10 diverse architecture projects from across China, including a collection of wooden huts on a remote mountainside and one of the largest airports in the world. More about Dezeen's top 10 Chinese architecture projects of 2019
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. More about Gerda is the latest collaboration from Skagerak and Included Middle
Cuboid planters containing trees and shrubs protrude from the elevations of this home in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, designed by MIA Design Studio. More about MIA Design Studio covers Vietnamese home with protruding planters
Basalt floors and wood panelled ceilings and walls cover this São Paulo apartment designed by local practice Studio MK27. More about Studio MK27 envelopes interior of a São Paulo apartment with wooden slats
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. More about Iosa Ghini Associati counters Moscow's "monotony" with brightly coloured apartment blocks
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. More about Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2019
Zaha Hadid Architects has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire, England for football club Forest Green Rovers. More about Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for world's first all-timber stadium
Bamboo bookshelves line the triple-height atrium of a glass-walled capsule hotel and library in Zhejiang Province, China, by Atelier Tao+C. More about Atelier Tao+C lines walls of capsule hotel with bamboo bookshelves
CEBRA has completed a cave-like prayer centre in Abu Dhabi housed in a landscape of jagged, rock-like forms. More about Prayer hall sits inside a cluster of rock-shaped buildings
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. More about Bridge House by architect Dan Brunn straddles natural stream in Los Angeles
Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. More about Nudes designs wooden book pavilion to encourage reading in Mumbai
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. More about Dezeen's top 10 hotels of 2019
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. More about Competition: win a week-long retreat at Soul & Surf in Sri Lanka
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. More about Emily Forgot uses furniture-making processes for architectural wall art
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 designed by Snøhetta and take a look at the best Christmas trees and cards of the year.
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