This episode was originally broadcast in December 2006.
Niall Kirkwood is a Professor of Landscape Architecture and the Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design from 2003 to 2009. In this dispatch, Mr. Kirkwood recalls his introduction to the world of landscape architecture, describes the role of the super absorbent polymer in his Sponge City project in Rotterdam, discusses some of the research that he has yet to publish, and runs through the research of his books: The Art of Landscape Detail, Manufactured Sites - Rethinking the Post-Industrial Landscape, and Weathering and Durability in Landscape Architecture.
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Dispatch 22: Alexander Reford
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Dispatch 20: René Bihan
Dispatch 19: John Beardsley
Dispatch 18: Michael van Gessel
Dispatch 17: Liat Margolis
Dispatch 16: Gary Hilderbrand
Dispatch 15: Chris Reed
Dispatch 14: Kristine Jensen
Dispatch 13: Richard T.T. Forman
Dispatch 12: Reuben Rainey
Dispatch 11: Robert Royston
Dispatch 10: Paula Meijerink
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