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    Oyster Tecture and the Next Hurricane

    Kate Orff is an assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She's also the founding principal of SCAPE, a landscape architecture and urban design office based in Manhattan.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kate Orff is an assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. She's also the founding principal of SCAPE, a landscape architecture and urban design office based in Manhattan. She pioneered Oyster Tecture, a concept in which oyster beds are installed near low-lying shorelines to absorb surging waters and simultaneously filter water.

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    Breakfast Sandwiches; Scandia's Apple Cake; Oyster Tecture
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:48The Art of the Breakfast Sandwich
    3. 15:12Apple Breeding 101
    4. 17:04Take Me to the Apple Breeder
    5. 22:51Reviving Scandia's Apple Cake
    6. 30:12A Look at the Young Julia Child
    7. 39:40The Smithsonian Highlights American Cooking
    8. 45:33Seven Courses of Beef in Rosemead
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    The full episode

    9 of 9
    Breakfast Sandwiches; Scandia's Apple Cake; Oyster Tecture
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 6:48The Art of the Breakfast Sandwich
    3. 15:12Apple Breeding 101
    4. 17:04Take Me to the Apple Breeder
    5. 22:51Reviving Scandia's Apple Cake
    6. 30:12A Look at the Young Julia Child
    7. 39:40The Smithsonian Highlights American Cooking
    8. 45:33Seven Courses of Beef in Rosemead
    9. 51:09Oyster Tecture and the Next HurricaneYou’re reading this
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