Sarah Buckley . Articles Toyota builds Bjarke Ingels’ Woven City Toyota and BIG have released their ‘city of the future’, with Toyota’s plans released at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this week. Alibaba offices' grid-reshape by Foster + Partners Foster + Partners has won a competition to redesign e-commerce company Alibaba’s offices in Shanghai as a giant grid. Design’s response to tragedy: ‘Build houses that don’t contribute to the fire front’ In December 2019, Australian firefighters brushed the sweat off of their brows as they braced themselves for another bushfire season. Healthy new home approvals surge The new home market is on the road to recovery, with total approvals for new dwellings rising by 11.8% during November according to ABS figures. Hyundai and Uber release design for flying car Hyundai and Uber have partnered up – Uber providing rideshare services and Hyundai, design and manufacturing – to release an air-taxi service. TAFE NSW takes students to Canada to learn about passive design As a part of the Australian Government’s Endeavour Leadership Program (ELP), a group of TAFE NSW Northern Beaches building students have travelled to British Columbia to learn about passive design.