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The article discusses the design and construction of the Promontory Villa in Tapalpa, Mexico, by Atelier Ars. The villa is a six-bedroom weekend house situated in the mountains of central Mexico. The focal point of the villa is a 23-foot stone chimney that rises against a backdrop of distant hills. The design of the villa incorporates elements of Modernism, Classicism, and regional vernaculars, creating a hybrid house. The villa is surrounded by a cultivated wilderness of native plants, and the interior features patios and tactile details. The article emphasizes the connection between the villa and its natural surroundings, with the freestanding chimney bringing the landscape closer to home. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses Casa 720, a circular family retreat located in Mexico. The architect, Fernanda Canales, designed the house to take advantage of the panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The house features a green roof, floor-to-ceiling glass panels, and a central patio that captures rainwater for use throughout the year. Canales used concrete, wood, glass, and stone to create a sustainable and visually striking structure. The article also addresses the challenges of using concrete in Mexico due to issues with the timber industry. Overall, Casa 720 offers a unique and environmentally conscious approach to country house design. [Extracted from the article]

Iván Bravo is a Chilean architect who has spent the majority of his career working on other people's projects. However, he has also pursued his own artistic and design endeavors, which have greatly influenced his architectural work. Bravo's buildings often draw on the geometric play and material honesty of renowned Chilean architects like Smiljan Radic and Pezo von Ellrichshausen. His designs range from small private homes to temporary pavilions, and they can be described as cozy, austere, ephemeral, or monolithic. Bravo's work embraces interdisciplinary approaches and combines formal unity with spatial independence. One notable project is Casa Humo, a lakeside retreat that symbolizes the relationship of the couple who commissioned it. Despite their solid appearance, Bravo's buildings are characterized by a sense of ephemerality and uncertainty. [Extracted from the article]

Derek Dellekamp, an architect in Mexico City, designed a community center called PILARES using the principles of Brutalism. The center, built from brick and concrete, is located in a marginalized district and features repeating arches as its construction system. The building includes workshops, classrooms, and a central axis with glass panels. Despite some imperfections in the finishing, the center has been embraced by the local community and has become an integral part of the neighborhood. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,056 RECORD INTERIORS FOR OVER THREE YEARS, the restaurant Xokol in Guadalajara operated out of a no-frills 890-square-foot space in the working-class neighborhood of Santa Teresita, serving some of the most exciting, sophisticated, and deeply rooted cooking anywhere in Mexico. Against that austere backdrop, a handful of more "literal gestures", as Valdéz puts it, connects the space to the rural culinary landscapes that inspire Ruelas and Segundo's cooking. For all its theatricality, Xokol's new home also maintains - even insists upon - the horizontality and transparency that have always defined Ruelas and Segundo's project. [Extracted from the article]

But Bilbao and her clients wanted to dedicate the new aquarium to the Sea of Cortez, which begins a short distance north of Mazatlán and was famously described by the marine biologist Jacques-Yves Cousteau as "the world's aquarium." While Bilbao and the aquarium's staff hope locals will embrace the aquarium, the Mazatlán-based advocacy group Acciones Colectivas de Sinaloa argues that high ticket prices (starting at roughly $14 for local children) and the concession of public land to a private institution are causes for concern. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,055 RECREATION SEA OF CORTEZ RESEARCH CENTER | MAZATLÁN, MEXICO | TATIANA BILBAO ESTUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY BY IWAN BAAN IN 1934, Diego Rivera installed a vast mural in Mexico City's Palacio de las Bellas Artes depicting a man operating a massive machine that draws in the vastness of the cosmos, the mysteries of human biology, and the battling ideologies of the young 20th century - the sum of human knowledge and experience concentrated in a pair of heavy, gloved hands. [Extracted from the article]

The architects managed to make the necessary adjustments to the original steel roof trusses and concrete columns and beams, but reinforcing the walls would have been "such an invasive process", says Bonilla, "it would have cost the same as knocking them down and reconstructing them." Facing the Center for the Arts, which Bonilla built in 2009, the rooms within each appendage function as annexes to the 2009 building and as a hinge between activities that many schools separate, sports and the arts. BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,049 K-12 SCHOOLS IN THE CONTEXT of a school, says architect Daniel Bonilla, principal designer at the Colombian firm Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá, "architecture is the third teacher.". [Extracted from the article]

The design by Undurraga and Brunner took as its starting point the unification of distinct urban registers: the garden city-style layout of the university and the orthogonal grid of the historic center. For years, "the university had no face to turn toward the city", says Daniel Guzmán, partner at KB Arquitectos, the successor firm to Konrad Brunner Arquitectos. In 2016, the university invited nearly two dozen international architecture firms to pair with Colombian offices in a competition for a new Civic Center, selecting Santiago, Chile- based Cristián Undurraga and Bogotá-based Konrad Brunner, who died in 2018. [Extracted from the article]

BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,045 INTERIORS IN 1926, just over 20 years after the founding of the Colonia Roma as a Parisian-style enclave for Mexico City's wealthiest families, the doors opened to the neighborhood's first market, called el Pasaje Comercial Parián. For the two standing bars, Betancur chose a claret-colored terrazzo, a material used widely in Art Deco entryways on buildings throughout the city's central districts. Polpo in particular, though, is dedicated to the pleasures of the present - a place "to grab a bite and a glass of wine", as Betancur says, "and move on to what's next.". [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses a series of interventions in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico by RZERO estudio that have improved public spaces and infrastructure. These interventions include the construction of a new market, a sports complex, and the renovation of public plazas and parks. However, there have been challenges in terms of local engagement and limited impact. The article emphasizes the need for more holistic interventions and continuity between administrations to address infrastructural problems and promote resilient social infrastructure. The text also describes the architectural interventions in the park of El Aguaje, which have revitalized the park and made it more accessible to the community. [Extracted from the article]

The article addresses advantages of adopting pars plana anterior vitrectomy by segment surgeons, according to Michael E. Snyder, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Topics discussed include one of the reasons for not performing a limbal vitrectomy, importance for surgeons to remember the bottle height to maintain globe tension, and how anterior irrigation can be achieve in terms of instrumentation.

Provides technical information to reduce the risk of cataract surgery complications. Anti-infection regimen; Considerations on the selection of antibiotic agent; Prevention of inoculation.

Investigates the risks of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) to complications related to cataract surgery. Signs and symptoms of PXS; Importance of careful diagnosis; Suggestions on the etiology of PXS.

Focuses on the surgical techniques in repairing the iris. Etiology and signs of abnormal irides; Account on the psychosocial effects of a damaged pupil; Considerations in surgical planning; Principles of iris repair; Repair of sector iridotomy.

The article discusses the clinical results of in-the-bag implantation of a custom flexible, silicone iris prosthesis in addressing iris defects not amenable to primary iris reconstruction. Topics discussed include the benefits of the artificial iris device such as reductions of iris defect-associated visual symptoms and improvement in self-perceptions of body image and the need for a capsular tension ring to ensure that the capsular bag keeps its shape and prevent the prosthesis from buckling.

Introduces the blending of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), a broadband-networking strategy. Purpose and aim; Profiles of SONET and ATM; Result of the blending SONET and ATM; How network platform transport can reduce its carrier's service-delivery costs.

The article reports on the safety and effectiveness of the viscous dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device DisCoVisc, manufactured by Alcon Laboratories Inc., in the performance of phacoemulsification. The product offers surgeons the change to perform the procedure with a single OVD in routine procedures and in many complex cases. Other benefits of the product include maintaining and pressurizing the anterior chamber and eliminating the additional steps of aspirating the tainted OVD.

The article presents several case studies related to treatment of persistent pupillary membranes which represents incomplete regression of the tunica vasculosa lentis. Topics discussed include a two-year-old boy presented with an abnormal pupillary aperture in his left eye, a 23-year-old male presented with progressively decreasing vision and a corrected distance visual acuity in both eyes, and a 28-year-old male referred for surgical management of inferiorly subluxed microspherophakic lenses.