Grand Canal Square in Dublin's docklands is the latest part of the world to undergo the Martha Schwartz treatment. The square is also where the Daniel Libeskind-designed Performing Arts Centre, due for completion in 2008, is to be located. Schwartz, a landscape architect and artist, is a lead player in the global theatre of modern city-building. Her approach is determined by a belief that landscape design solutions can be raised to the level of fine art, and she describes her creations as "site-specific installation". As the principal of Martha Schwartz Inc, with offices in Massachusetts and London, a Professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the recipient of more design awards than is polite to mention, she has the kind of international career enjoyed by only the starriest starchitects.