Matthew Dutton is a Miami-based designer and M.Arch candidate whose work blends architectural research, material experimentation, and digital fabrication. His thesis, Who Killed the Brick?, traces the cultural, industrial, and political life of brick—from hand-made craft to modern propaganda—framing materials as actors with histories and agency. Alongside research, Dutton maintains an active design-build and ceramic practice, creating sculptural work and architectural proposals that merge narrative, climate responsiveness, and local context. Recent projects include Garden Villas, Station 24, and The Machine. Across scales, his work asks how materials remember—and how architecture can help them speak.