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This week on Dezeen
It's been a good week for Japanese houses on Dezeen, including one shaped like an arrow pointing at the sky (above).
![China dominates skyscraper construction in 2012 China dominates skyscraper construction in 2012](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_shanghai.jpg)
UNESCO announced a crack-down on high-rise architecture in London as it emerged that nine of the 20 tallest buildings under construction in the world are located in China.
![Microsoft launch new logo Microsoft launch new logo](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Microsoft-logo-3.jpg)
Microsoft got its first new logo since 1987 and New York got a new font for its street signs.
![Saint Kjeld’s Kvarter by Tredje Natur Saint Kjeld’s Kvarter by Tredje Natur](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Saint-Kjelds-Climate-Adapted-Neighborhood-by-Tredje-Natur-1.jpg)
Other popular stories include a redesign for Copenhagen to cope with climate change (above) and a robot that builds architectural structures from sand or soil (below).
![Stone Spray Robot by Anna Kulik, Inder Shergill and Petr Novikov Stone Spray Robot by Anna Kulik, Inder Shergill and Petr Novikov](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Stone-Spray-Robot-by-Anna-Kulik-Inder-Shergill-and-Petr-Novikov_sq2.jpg)
Meanwhile previews of the Venice Architecture Biennale so far include a giant metal funnel from Zaha Hadid (below) and an exhibition dedicated to architectural copying by FAT.
![Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 Arum by Zaha Hadid Architects at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/08/dezeen_Arum-by-Zaha-Hadid-Architects-at-Venice-Architecture-Biennale-2012-1.jpg)
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