The architecture of Columbus, Indiana, has made the city an unlikely modernist mecca and is used as the setting for a new feature film. We've rounded up 11 of the best examples, which include a house by Eero Saarinen, a fire station by Robert Venturi and a library by IM Pei. More about 11 important modernist buildings in Columbus, Indiana
A new movie set in the unlikely modernist mecca of Columbus, Indiana, sheds light on the city's architectural gems and uses an interpersonal tale to question their importance today. More about Columbus movie spotlights Indiana city's "modernism with a soul"
Architect Sam Jacob is teaming up with MINI to create an urban retreat that offers visitors a space to research and relax during this year's London Design Festival. More about Sam Jacob and MINI design mirrored micro-cabin for London Design Festival
Following the popularity of an artist's studio latched onto a concrete bridge, we've brought together 10 examples of parasitic structures that rely on a host building for support or services. Others include experimental housing for the homeless and a house-shaped wooden hut affixed to the side of a hotel. More about 10 parasitic dwellings that cling to other buildings
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has designed a tower for São Paulo comprising four irregularly stacked volumes fringed with greenery, which is expected to complete later this year. More about Isay Weinfeld reveals irregularly stacked tower block for São Paulo
Dezeen promotion: New York Textile Month is back for a second edition, with talks, exhibitions and retail opportunities "celebrating the revival of textiles" available to the public throughout September 2017. More about New York Textile Month returns September 2017 with city-wide event programme
Houston's poor urban planning, not climate change, is to blame for the catastrophic flooding following Hurricane Harvey, says disaster expert Ilan Kelman in this Opinion column. More about "Urban design caused the Hurricane Harvey disaster"
With this year's Folkestone Triennial set to open tomorrow, reporter Eleanor Gibson has selected 10 installations you shouldn't miss, including a domed seafront pavilion imprinted with jelly moulds, a lamp post powered by a mushroom battery and a set of cartoon-style houses. More about 10 installations to check out at Folkestone Triennial 2017
Architecture firm Grimshaw has revealed plans for an office tower overlooking Sydney harbour, which will comprise three district sections and a curving roofline that references the vaulted shells of the nearby Opera House. More about Grimshaw unveils Sydney office tower designed to appeal to the "millennial worker"
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living movie features a secluded studio Valencian designer Fernando Abellanas created for himself, which hangs from the underside of a concrete bridge in his hometown. More about Fernando Abellanas suspends micro studio beneath a bridge in Valencia
Rem Koolhaas' firm looked at urban-design patterns when drawing up plans for this laboratory building at an engineering school on the outskirts of Paris. More about OMA builds city-inspired engineering school for Ecole Centrale Paris
Dezeen has teamed up with British furniture brand OMK 1965 to offer two readers the chance to win a classic Omkstak chair in a colour of their choice. More about Competition: win a stackable Omkstak chair designed by Rodney Kinsman
Sheets of corrugated steel envelop the upper storey of this house and studio for a photographer in Japan's Shiga prefecture, which was designed by Kouichi Kimura to feature an interior that makes dramatic play of light and shadow. More about Kouichi Kimura completes steel-wrapped home and studio for photographer in Shiga
Painterly illustrations document the life and works of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in this children's book by illustrator Ellen Weinstein and MoMA curator Sarah Suzuki. More about Yayoi Kusama's life and career illustrated for new children's book
Skylights helps to bring daylight into all three levels of this Porto townhouse, which has been refurbished and extended by local studio Pablo Pita Architects. More about Casa Boavista is a renovated Porto townhouse featuring three skylights