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Adam Regn Arvidson

Landscape Architect / Writer

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Now available from Minnesota Historical Society Press

  Compelling stories of Minnesota’s endangered species, the landscapes that nurture them, and the people who are discovering their secrets.

creative nonfiction, endangered species, minnesota, nature, nature writing

Available from W.W. Norton

Greening the Landscape is now available from W.W. Norton. Written for land owners, design professionals, and anyone who constructs or…

construction, environmental, landscape architecture, landscape construction, landscape maintenance, maintenance, parks, site management, sustainability

Now Available in Print

“Nature Writing in America,” a series published on line at Numero Cinq, is now available as a limited edition book:…

CNF, creative nonfiction, Edward Abbey, Edward Hoagland, Joseph Wood Krutch, Loren Eiseley, nature, nature writing, Rachel Carson, science writing, Wendell Berry

Diane Jones Allen in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Diane Jones Allen designs for equity in post-Katrina New Orleans.  Sometimes that means making your own projects from scratch.

Baton Rouge, equity, Hurricane Katrina, landscape architect, landscape architecture, landscape architecture magazine, Louisiana, New Orleans

Essay Published in SDR

Adam has a short essay in the 50th Anniversary issue of South Dakota Review.

childhood, children, creative nonfiction, essay, fatherhood, floodplain, forest, minnesota, nature, nature writing, nonfiction

Climate Change in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Stephen Sheppard is helping communities actually see how climate change may affect them.

British Columbia, climate, climate change, landscape architecture, Vancouver, visualization

Zandmotor in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Those lovely East Coast beaches are not at all natural. Nor are they stable. Recently, a Virginia landscape architecture prof…

beach nourishment, climate change, environment, landscape architecture, netherlands, rising seas, zandmotor

Minnesota Prairie Plan in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Ever since Thomas Jefferson’s Public Land Survey reached the Midwest in the 1850s, the tallgrass prairie has been plowed under,…

minnesota, prairie, prairie conservation, prairie restoration, The Nature Conservancy

Milwaukee Permitting a Watershed Moment, in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Milwaukee has begun to make permitting for stormwater and wastewater more efficient and effective by structuring it around natural, not…

milwaukee, MS4 permitting, watershed, watershed based permitting

New Bike Studies in Planning Magazine

Cyclists will travel out of their way to use separated bike routes—and will reduce their chances of injury by doing…

bicycle safety, bicycle transportation, bicycles, bicycling

Green Urban Design in Chicago

In 2009, Chicago rolled out a document designed to make every land use decision in the city more environmentally sound.…

Chicago, green design, landscape architecture, sustainability, urban design

Bike Lanes in Planning Magazine

Do you feel safe riding your bike in the street? I don’t. But cities across the nation are improving on-street…

bicycle boulevards, bicycle lanes, bicycle transportation, bicycling, Chicago, cycle track, NACTO, New York City, Phoenix, planning, Portland, Prospect Park West

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Adam is a nonfiction writer focusing on landscape, nature, the environment, science, place, and raising kids to love the outdoors.

He is also a practicing landscape architect. He has won awards for both his writing and design and has published widely in design magazines. He currently works at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.

What I Write

Creative Nonfiction Design Writing Landscape Architecture Nature/Science

What I Write About

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