This week on Dezeen
Piles of buildings featured heavily on Dezeen this week, including Edouard François' stack of townhouses, apartment blocks and bungalows (above), plus we've picked out our favourite Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
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"The western media likes to portray China as this big behemoth" - Neri&Hu
Interest in conservation and small scale development is growing in China, according to Shanghai architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, whose conversion of a former colonial police station opened in the city this month (+ movie). More
The Blue Planet by 3XN
Danish studio 3XN has revealed the first photographs of its whirlpool-shaped aquarium under construction in Copenhagen. More
Yves Behar's "denigrating" SodaStream ad banned in UK
News: industrial designer Yves Behar believes his revamped SodaStream can save 2000 bottles a year - but a TV advert promoting its green credentials has been banned in the UK for alleged "denigration" of rival products (+ watch the ad). More
Omote 3D Shashinkan by Party
Customers visiting a pop-up 3D photo booth in Tokyo from tomorrow can take home miniature colour models of themselves (+ slideshow). More
Maurizio Ribotti acquitted of drug trafficking
Italian prosecutors have dropped charges against the former CEO of Milan's Zona Tortona design district, two years after he was arrested at his office on suspicion of receiving a parcel containing cocaine. More
Dezeen highly commended for digital service of the year at IBP Journalism Awards
News: Dezeen has been highly commended in the digital service of the year award at the International Building Press National Journalism Awards. More
Casablanca Sustainable Market Square by TomDavid Architecten
Dutch studio TomDavid Architecten has won a competition to design a market square in Casablanca, Morocco, with plans for a canopy of leaf-like structures. More
"East London has a thriving community of creative people" - Nicolas Roope
In this final movie in the series filmed by Dezeen for the Stepney Green Design Collection, London design brand Hulger's creative director Nicolas Roope talks about the "thriving community of creative people" in east London. More
Cornelius Vermuyden School by Nicholas Hare Architects
London studio Nicholas Hare Architects used a palette of yellow brick, bronzed aluminium and unfinished timber to construct this secondary school in Essex, England (+ slideshow). More