architecture at home
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.
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.
