Home of the Month:Architect Thomas Lawton and developer Charles Sparks of the Black Mountain Bungalow Co. aim to recapture the charm of the American Craftsman while satisfying the needs of modern life.

Home of the Month:The owners and the architect collaborate to create a light-filled, functional home.

Home of the Month:A small bungalow turns into a roomy modern home without overwhelming its space.

Home of the Month:This year's Homes of the Month offer details you can use in your own house.

Home of the Month:Shannon Ravenel and Dale Purves had lived in the house on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill for eight years when a man offered them more money than they could refuse. The timing seemed right: The couple's nest was now empty, and they had been considering relocating some day.

Architectural Living:It's as if they were meant to be together -- architect Jim Smith and the Walnut Hill Cotton Gin, that is.

Home of the Month:An addition gives a pianist a suitable place to practice.

Architectural Living:Built on the crumbling bones of a 1960s house, a contemporary home boasts drama, comfort.

Home of the Month, a collaboration with the N.C. State University College of Design, shows possibilities for constructing a living space built with homeowners' living patterns and preferences in mind.

Home of the Month, a collaboration with the N.C. State College of Design, shows possibilities for constructing a living space built with homeowners' living patterns and preferences in mind.

A Silk Hope home integrates inside and out to make the most of an efficient space.

Today's Home of the Month is reviewed by Ken Friedlein, an architect and writer whose article on preserving the 1954 Poland House in Raleigh appeared in The News & Observer in August 2001.

Raleigh architect Frank Harmon uses steel and pine as high-tech design meets low-country culture. The house, designed for an avid bird watcher, features space that flows from inside to out.

Today's Home of the Month is reviewed by Georgia Bizios, a professor at the School of Architecture at N.C. State University.

Starkly modern design lets family preserve a connection to the landscape.

Architect and new owners give a Raleigh house new life by respecting its beginnings. A new addition, left, makes the Fadum House more livable by current standards.

Meghan Drueding is senior editor at Custom Home and Residential Architect magazines. She has written about home design and architecture for 10 years, winning several national and regional journalism awards. Drueding lives in Washington, D.C.