architecture at home

Large, sculptural architectural follie made of glulaminated beams, Arkansas timber, integrated into the forest with sunlight casting across it.

Architecture at Home began as a question Dylan couldn’t stop asking: can beauty and affordability coexist in a single structure—and what happens when architects start with the people who will actually live there, rather than the numbers? What started as a curatorial premise became a four-year commitment. Dylan conceived the exhibition, selected the participating firms, and served as curator across every dimension of the project.

Five architecture firms from across the Americas—LEVENBETTS, MUTUO, Perez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados, studio:indigenous, and studioSUMO—researched the Northwest Arkansas community and designed experimental full-scale structures built around four principles Dylan established as the curatorial foundation: emphasize the humanity of the occupants, carefully select materials, practice efficient building methods, and recognize the importance of place.

Sculptural, expressive architectural follie designed by studio:indigenous integrated into a deep, sun drenched forest.
Pink, concrete, hand carved wood totems, ceramic stacks comprise this expressive architectural follie at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

The show quickly became something more searching than a technical argument. Each installation told the story of individual sovereignty and the deep human connections to land, place, and history that architecture so rarely acknowledges—asking what it does to a community when housing genuinely reflects the people living inside it. Crystal Bridges’ first outdoor architecture exhibition, and an argument for a more intentional, more humane way of building the world.

deep in a lush green forest, tall trees rise to blue sky, a linear punctuated architectural follie holds its own, referencing the silhouette of the iconic home.
Sunlight pours into the dense green forest, a metal and clear trapezoidal structure rises from the dirt, this architectural follie blurs the world around it while still letting its presence through.
Translucent panels, metal beams, this architectural follie set against a forest of fall foliage defines the concept of this project.
Pink panels, metal beams, hand carved indigenous Mexican totems.
Detail of modular wooden structures referencing the shape and typology of a house.
Undulating wood beams supported by glue laminated panel wall structure by LEVENBETTS at Crystal Bridges Museum.
Paneled wood outlines the structure of this sculptural architectural follie underscoring the relationship between space and sky.