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HW Studio, based in Morelia, Mexico, is an architectural practice led by Rogelio Bores. Bores takes a contemplative approach to design, considering the variables of place, user, and designer in each project. The studio maintains a balanced and leisurely schedule, working on one project at a time and completing 15 projects in its first six years. HW Studio's designs aim to create open spaces that embrace the life that will inhabit them, using transparency in pastoral settings and opaque white boxes in urban contexts. The studio focuses on achieving forms and surfaces that are flush, frameless, and virtually seamless. Bores draws inspiration from his education in Spain and collaboration with skilled craftspeople. The studio's work is characterized by reductive simplicity and an ethereal beauty infused with rigor, restraint, refinement, and repose. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the history and evolution of the United States' embassies and consulates abroad. The Bureau of Overseas Building (OBO) manages the planning, design, and construction of these properties. Over time, the focus has shifted from symbolic architecture to prioritizing security and resilience. The OBO now emphasizes design excellence while meeting stringent security standards. Factors such as geopolitical events and changing government policies also influence the creation of new facilities. The article highlights several completed and ongoing projects, showcasing the architectural designs and considerations for each location. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the design and construction of the Astronaut Training Facility for Virgin Galactic, a spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson. The facility, located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, is part of the larger Spaceport America designed by Foster + Partners. The architects at BA Collective collaborated with Virgin Galactic to create a training facility that would provide an otherworldly experience for space tourists. The facility includes a multipurpose lounge, classrooms, private spaces, and individual suites. The design features lustrous finishes, aerodynamic forms, and panoramic views of the New Mexico landscape. The article highlights the challenges faced during construction, including the remote location and the impact of the Covid pandemic. Overall, the facility is described as an inspired and elegantly executed design that meets the specialized needs of Virgin Galactic. [Extracted from the article]

This article from Architectural Record discusses the renovation of a top-floor apartment in the iconic Eight-Seventy-Five North Michigan Avenue skyscraper in Chicago. The apartment, previously dark and compartmentalized, was transformed by architect Vladimir Radutny into a spacious and light-filled living space. The renovation involved removing partitions, relocating the kitchen, and exposing the building's distinctive steel cross bracing, which now serves as a visually striking design element. The apartment now offers unobstructed views of the Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan and features a minimalist aesthetic with midcentury furnishings. [Extracted from the article]

WITH HYBRID and remote work schedules leaving millions of square feet of empty office space, "private owners are suffering", says Eran Chen, a founder of the New York architecture firm ODA. Frank Woolworth had dubbed his 792- foot tower, for a time the tallest building in the world, "the Cathedral of Commerce", but in 2018, the late Thierry W. Despont, with SLCE Architects, converted its top 26 floors into 33 luxury apartments. The scheme diversified the incomes of residents by dividing the building vertically into adjoining condo, affordable housing, and co-living towers atop a base of commercial, institutional, and cultural uses. [Extracted from the article]

An architectural historian by training, he feels this duality will make the Bruce a unique museum experience. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based landscape architecture firm Reed Hilderbrand collaborated with the architects to form this more serene entrance, which is located in the new addition - a U-shaped structure that navigates the site's steep grade and stretches around the existing museum's east elevation. PROJECTS FOR ALL its reputation as a bastion of Yankee wealth, Greenwich, Connecticut, has a more humble and gritty aspect to its 19th-century history: it was a place of rock quarries - quarries that provided granite for many local and New York structures. [Extracted from the article]

"It dates back to the Viking era and has remained an important aspect of Swedish architecture ever since", says Martin Stenberg Ringnér, associate design director of Henning Larsen. Reflecting on timber construction, lead design architect Filip Francati says, "Despite strides in structural development, aesthetic expression hasn't kept pace." FOCUS ON WOOD WOOD IS ubiquitous in the architectural heritage of Scandinavia, whose forests have long supplied an abundance of the building material. [Extracted from the article]

This article, titled "Learning to Learn: The Key to Leadership Success," emphasizes the importance of continuous learning in leadership. The author, a former CEO, believes that effective leadership can be developed through proactive learning. They highlight the significance of self-awareness and learning meta skills for more effective interaction with the world. The author also shares their personal insights on three essential elements for leadership success: change, confidence, and clarity. They argue that leaders must adapt to change, have confidence in their abilities, and communicate with clarity. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of critical thinking, curiosity, and creativity in the learning process. The author encourages readers to embrace these qualities and use them as a roadmap for their own learning journey. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the pressing global issue of dry eye disease (DED), highlighting its prevalence, impact on quality of life, and economic burden. Topics include the statistics and demographics of DED, its effects on patients' quality of life, and the need for accurate diagnosis and treatment, with a focus on the challenges faced by clinicians in managing this condition.

By contrast, a cove-lit recessed ceiling acts as a luminous wayfinding strip that guides occupants along the lobby. LIGHTING IN CONTRAST to the prevailing predilection in Manhattan for defining prestige and status through lobbies slathered in gleaming white marble, lit as intensely as an operating theater, the firm Architecture Plus Information (A+I) assembled a mainly subdued palette of wood, stone, and bronze at Penn 1, a 57-story tower designed by Kahn and Jacobs, adjacent to New York's main rail hub, Pennsylvania Station. The predominant ceiling material is oak-veneered slats, with downlights tucked into the recesses; oil-rubbed bronze wraps columns and beams. [Extracted from the article]

PHOTO (COLOR): THE NEW HALL shines among neighboring welcomes audiences and locals with a Sidewalk Studio (above) and loungelike lobby (right). Saddled with a dreary, substandard 2,738-seat hall with a dwindling audience, Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic had to face a hard question: what would persuade people to leave the comforts of home and pay to hear a live performance? New York-based Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA) was brought in to bring a greater sense of occasion and improved circulation to the cramped lobby and austere upper-level concourses. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS BUILDINGS by Modernist master Mies van der Rohe have reached an age where they may require rehabilitation. In Chicago, for the $70 million makeover of three dormitories, which form a quadrangle at the northeast corner of the Miesdesigned campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), architect Dirk Denison took a different approach. Nonetheless, Sabatino asks: "Putting aside inevitable budget constraints, what exactly is left of the original Mies buildings other than the concrete structures?. [Extracted from the article]

Why you should read this article: • To refresh your knowledge of health inequalities and the social determinants of health • To recognise the barriers to nurses implementing effective health promotion • To consider how you and your colleagues could reconfigure the approach to health promotion taken in your area of practice. Inequalities in people’s health due to economic or social circumstances remain a persistent challenge in the UK, with people from disadvantaged communities disproportionately likely to die earlier and experience more health issues than the general population. Health promotion has a vital role in reversing health inequalities and requires a focus on structural and political-level determinants of health, rather than individuals’ lifestyle choices. However, while health promotion is a significant aspect of nurse education curricula, individual nurses may experience role confusion regarding the application of health promotion in their practice. Therefore, a shift is required in nurse education and training on health promotion, as well as its practical implementation. This article suggests some approaches that could be taken to reconfigure the role of nurses in health promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

XOMA is one of 12 projects designed by Belzberg for Grupo Anima, a Mexico City - based real-estate developer whose founding partner, Alberto Djaddah, toured the Belzberg-designed Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in 2013 and liked what he saw. This allows balconies - a desirable amenity in Mexico City's temperate climate - for all rooms fronting the streets, and enough depth for the facade to take an expressive form without reducing interior floor area. "The plan parti", explains founding partner Hagy Belzberg, "takes advantage of a local planning-code allowance to project up to 1 meter beyond the property lines with outdoor spaces and facade elements, as long as the walls and floors are porous.". [Extracted from the article]

In 2015, EQ Office, a realty company owned by Blackstone, bought the property and hired Gensler, in collaboration with SKB Architects and OLIN, to inject life into the tower and weave it into the urban fabric. To accommodate this ambitious program, the architects renovated three floors below grade and added three new levels primarily south and west of the tower, topped by a publicly accessible 30,000-square-foot roof garden. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,041 FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE LURING OFFICE workers back to downtown high-rises after more than two years of working from home during the Covid pandemic can be challenging. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the development and testing of seamless waveguide sections for sub-millimeter (mm) and terahertz (THz) frequency bands by Flann Microwave Ltd. These sections underwent electrical measurements at the U.K.'s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and were benchmarked against industry standards and modeled results to assess their suitability for THz applications. It highlights the challenges in manufacturing precision waveguide components for higher frequency bands.

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,039 CIVIC BUILDINGS IN NEIGHBORHOODS around the country, architects, designers, and artists of color are rediscovering public places and building new ones that tell stories of and re-engage the local community. Kaphar met Deborah Berke at the 2016 opening of the 21c hotel in Lexington, Kentucky, which she designed. Artist Titus Kaphar grew up in the historically African-American Dixwell neighborhood in New Haven, Connecticut, not far from a pair of one-story factory buildings that he has recently converted into NXTHVN, a 40,000-square-foot art and community incubator. [Extracted from the article]

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a container vessel collided with one of its central pylons, causing the section of the bridge to fall into the Patapsco River. Four construction workers are still missing, while two workers survived and two bodies were recovered. Weather and water conditions have made it difficult to remove the wreckage and search for the missing workers. Demolition crews have started cutting and removing sections of the collapsed bridge, and plans are being made to reopen port channels. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, and recommendations may be made regarding bridge design, inspections, and safety measures for ships. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews HeinOnline's revamped and expanded iteration of Congress and the Courts, rebranded as Judges and the Judiciary, launched in the fall of 2023.

With its buildings cheek by jowl, the commercial and higher-education buildings benefit from the light, air, and open space provided by the Powell/SLAMS school. This includes a looming 14-story health-sciences building for Drexel, with a busy pattern of glass and sallow yellow metal panels, across a narrow alley from the school. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,037 K-12 SCHOOLS WHERE THE CORNERS of a new public school building in West Philadelphia form knuckles in plan, angular stairways topped by clerestories reconcile the skewed U-shaped geometry imposed by the site, creating diagonal vistas, intriguing views, and diverse spaces illuminated by an abundance of ever-changing daylight. [Extracted from the article]

The central tower is suspended two floors above street level, thanks to a coupled, dual-core shear-wall assembly that uses a reinforced- concrete spine to transfer wind loads to the cores of the towers that flank it. PROJECTS IF SCULPTOR Constantin Brancusi had worked at a gigantic scale in turquoise-colored glass, the result might have looked something like Chicago's St. Regis Tower. Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang's founding principal, has a reputation as a creator of eye-catching forms, such as the undulating concrete slabs of Aqua, her first tower, which sits just one block away. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on optimizing the size of interdigital filters, a crucial component in microwave frequency converter modules, especially in the L- and S-Band range. Topics discussed include interdigital filter design, overcoming design challenges, and the benefits of using Multi-Mix® technology for stacking filters.

This is what the lighting designers at New York - based One Lux Studio (OLS) wanted to avoid in the lobby of 320 South Canal Street, a 51-story office tower designed by Goettsch Partners for a West Loop site just south of Chicago's Union Station. An antireflective coating on both exterior and interior surfaces keeps the visible light reflectance down to less than 2 percent, while providing visible light transmittance of 89 percent. OLS partner Stephen Margulies and architect James Goettsch, chairman and co-design director of his eponymous Chicago-based firm, have collaborated on 20 projects since they first worked together, more than 40 years ago. [Extracted from the article]

The Houston metro area has relied on an extensive bayou network that drains storm-water into Galveston Bay, but the system is no longer up to the task. CLIMATE JUSTICE WITH DISRUPTIONS and disasters supercharged by climate change now happening more frequently, resiliency - the business of protecting communities from threats, or adapting to them - becomes more urgent. After thousands of square miles of metro Houston were inundated by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the city and Harris County implemented impressive large-scale and community-enhancing flood-management projects - yet they are not enough, and too often continue to fail the most vulnerable. [Extracted from the article]

The company continues to work to reconcile what Nadella calls the "hybrid-work paradox." THE POST-COVID WORKPLACE THERE'S A LOT of prognostication about the future workplace as the Covid pandemic has begun to retreat and more people are vaccinated. Microsoft has altered some of the spaces within the buildings to recognize its new hybrid work style, "providing a more agile workplace that removes barriers between on-site workers and their remote colleagues", according to the company. The Microsoft research supports a shift toward hybrid work, a choice the company itself has embraced. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,030 HOSPITALITY ON THE SOUTHEAST coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, surrounded by rugged desert and pristine beaches, the state capital, La Paz, overlooks a protected bay off the Sea of Cortez. Von Werz's scheme for the addition was simple and direct: a second L-shaped building at the southeast corner, whose oblique angle he finessed with a circular stair. PHOTO (COLOR): A NEW BUILDING complements a historic villa to enclose a courtyard (opposite, top). [Extracted from the article]

Gehry opened portals in the lobby (opposite, bottom) providing glimpses into the Forum (this page) and the Great Stair Hall above it. Yet it outdoor terrace, with its city views, on the east, while visitors building from the "back" - or west-facing lobby - one floor down. Thick piers at the lobby vestibule were slimmed into round columns to ease movement. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,025 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE RESEMBLING a human arm, a tree-trunk porch-support column ushers children into the Blakely Elementary School. "The L arrangement gives all four classrooms in each cluster equal purchase on the shared learning space", explains Richard Franko, Mithun's design partner on the project. 1 ENTRY PORCH 2 GYMNASIUM 3 COMMONS 4 ADMINISTRATION 5 ART ROOM 6 STEM CLASSROOM 7 CLASSROOM POD 8 LEARNING COURTYARD 9 LIBRARY 10 PLAYFIELD 11 BIORETENTION AREA THE SCHOOL, which sits on a sloping site (opposite), is organized around clustered classrooms (top, right) to define shared indoor (top, left) and outdoor (above) learning spaces. [Extracted from the article]

The introductory text of REFRAMED states the exhibit's thesis clearly: mass timber has great potential for sustainable development and breathtaking design. THE BENEFITS of mass timber - a structural system of engineered lumber formed by joining wood boards into larger members, each stronger and more durable than its constituent parts - are well known. [Extracted from the article]

TECHNOLOGY On a visit to the construction site for the renovation of the NoVo Foundation in Brooklyn on a hot day last summer, the interior of the building was pleasantly cool, even though the mechanical systems were not yet operating. Passive House buildings tend to have a higher proportion of wall to windows than conventional construction. Its tallest structure is Sendero "A", a 37-story, 348-apartment tower that is expected to be the largest multifamily Passive House building in the world when complete in 2022. The construction system is well suited to Passive House because of the low heat conductivity across the wood exterior panels, compared to masonry or light-gauge metal or wood stud-wall assemblies. [Extracted from the article]

After a difficult gestation, Steven HollArchitects' building makes a grandentrance on the NYC waterfront THE ENIGMATIC calligraphic window openings etched across theHunters Point Library command attention, drawing the eye fromManhattan across New York's East River to a waterfront site in theborough of Queens. Dwarfed by bland residential towers that march inheedless lockstep along the riverfront, this diminutive 82-foot-highstructure, designed by Steven Holl Architects (SHA), "represents civiclife for the whole community", says senior partner Chris McVoy. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the establishment of an "Energy Island" by the Zero Carbon Co-operative (ZCC) group, which will process manures and inject biomethane into the gas grid using a net-zero approach. Topics include the formation of the ZCC group to achieve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives, the role of agriculture in decarbonization and emission reduction, and the implementation of anaerobic digestion (AD).

The article offers information about the role of laboratory and imaging studies in the diagnosis and management of various eye conditions is discussed. It presents scenarios where these tests played a crucial role in diagnosis, Magnetic resonance venography is also discussed for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the indications for these tests in order to provide optimal care for patients with ocular and systemic conditions.

The article discusses the importance of laboratory and imaging studies for patient needing ophthalmic care. Topics discussed include that many times an eye condition may be linked to a systemic undiagnosed disease which require diagnostic studies; it also discusses reasons an optometrist should order an lab test or imaging and discussed the importance of sharing the imaging or lab data of a patient with the patient's primary care doctor.

The article reviews the web site Political Extremism & Radicalism Part III: Global Communist and Socialist Movements from Gale, available at gale.com/c/political-extremism-and-radicalism-global-communist-and-socialist-movements.

According to a recent survey, 70% of engineers expect their compensation to increase in 2022, as employers compete for their expertise. The survey, which included nearly 600 respondents, found that only a small fraction anticipate a reduction in pay. Engineers prioritize compensation, with salary ranking as one of the top factors in job satisfaction. While compensation varies across industries and factors such as education and experience, employers are willing to pay for engineering talent. Bonuses and nonwage compensation are also being offered to retain engineers. Despite challenges, engineers believe there is room for growth and recommend engineering as a career path. [Extracted from the article]

As the consumer interest and market for plant-based meat alternatives grows, understanding the nutritional differences between alternative and traditional meats is essential. This article describes an untargeted gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS)-based metabolomics approach that compares the chemical profiles of a popular plant-based meat alternative and grassfed ground beef using a GC system coupled to a GC–MS device. The samples were derivatized to simplify the chromatographic process and render the polar metabolites more volatile for GC–MS analysis. Statistical and multivariate analysis of the acquired and processed GC–MS data revealed that 90% of the annotated compounds differed between the plant-based alternative meat and the grass-fed ground beef samples. The ground beef and plant-based products each contained several compounds that were found in much smaller quantities, or not at all, in the other product. These results indicate differences in organic composition even though the nutritional labels on the back of the products were nearly identical. Heat maps, principal component analysis (PCA) score plots, variable importance plots (VIPs), and the clustering of compounds into metabolite classes provided further insights into the differences between the two types of meat products. The biological significance of the comparative data was studied using online databases and pathway analysis tools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on developments in power amplification, particularly the design concept for dual-drive power amplifiers (PA). Also cited are the compound annual growth of the PA market, the efforts by firms like Falcomm to enhance products for the wireless communications market, and the growing use of next-generation wireless communications systems in the space industry.

The article reviews the architectural design of Elmira Corning Regional Airport in Horseheads, New York that was designed by Fennick McCredie Architecture.

The article reviews the architectural design of Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio that was designed by Foster + Partners.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Innovation Lab for Benchmark School in Pennsylvania, designed by SHoP Architects.

For this year’s career issue, LCGC North America teamed up with the American Chemical Society Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry to ask the analytical chemistry community what skills new employees in the field need to succeed. In this report, we analyze the survey results and explore how they can inform the future of analytical chemistry curriculum development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a 63-year-old female patient who was referred for cataract surgery but had previous ocular ischemia and complaints of visual disturbances. It mentions the patient's macular scans showed thinning in the inferior temporal arcuate region, raising concerns of glaucoma; however, closer examination revealed that the damage was not glaucomatous but rather a result of previous ocular ischemia.

The article focuses on a case of a 47-year-old female with decreased vision, pain, and photophobia in her left eye. Topics discussed include the diagnosis of scleritis with corneal involvement, the presence of torpedo maculopathy in the right eye, and the management of torpedo maculopathy through observation.

The article reviews the architectural design of the Oregon Pioneer Savings Landmark Building in Portland, designed by the architectural firm ZGF Architects.

The article focuses on the challenge of monitoring glaucoma progression in patients with obstructed markers of damage due to factors like media opacification or macular degeneration. Topics include the case study of a 92-year-old woman with advanced glaucoma and impaired visual acuity, the limitations of traditional measures like RNFL thickness in such cases, and the importance of alternative methods like Bruch's membrane opening minimum rim width (BMO-MRW) for effective progression monitoring.