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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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". More about Alberto Moletto designs gridded facade for Santiago college building
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.
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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 chosen by Karen Anderson, as we continue our review of 2019. More about Dezeen's top 10 cabins of 2019
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. More about Tiipoi creates ceramic kitchenware using technique from remote Indian village
Stockholm-based artist Åsa Stenerhag has created a series of ceramic objects that she suggests might be alien body parts. More about Åsa Stenerhag creates peculiar ceramics for Alien Autopsy exhibition
Montreal interior designer Michael Godmer has expanded and revitalised a local townhouse by preserving original woodwork and adding contemporary details. More about Michael Godmer designs "perfectly balanced" Montreal townhouse Elmwood Residence
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. More about Colorado campus by Paul Andersen features buildings with "false fronts"
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. More about Haeckels' Victorian bathing machine warms up winter seaside dippers
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. More about Billund car park covered with roads from Lego play sets
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. More about Ten of the most original Christmas trees of 2019