We're kicking off our review of 2019 with Dezeen's top 10 churches and chapels, including a skyscraper church in Hong Kong and a log cabin in Germany, as well as religious buildings in Norway, Lebanon, South Korea and Mexico.

Kooroomba Chapel, Australia, by Wilson Architects
Wilson Architects designed the Kooroomba Chapel to be a wedding venue on the  Kooroomba Lavender Farm & Vineyard in Mount Alford, Australia.
The chapel's timber-framed walls are designed so that creeping plants will grow up them and give the building the appearance of a ruin.
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Church of the Penitent Thief, Bologna, Italy, by INOUTarchitettura, LADO architetti and LAMBER + LAMBER
Built with the help of inmates from the La Dozza prison as part of their rehabilitation, the Church of the Penitent Thief has a stripped-back minimalist form. The white church is divided in two by an inlaid glass cut that runs along the ridge of the building's roof and down both its facades.
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Wooden Chapel, Germany, by John Pawson
British designer John Pawson designed the wooden chapel as one of seven rest stops on a cycling path that runs through the Bavarian Forest in southern Germany.
The building is made from 144 stacked Douglas fir logs that are arranged so that they enclose a single room that is used for rest and contemplation.
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VÃ¥ler Kirke, Norway, by Espen Surnevik
Replacing a historic wooden church ...