Month: July 2019

By Mike Welton  •   Photos by Keith Isaacs Fed up with the public nature of life in suburban North Carolina., a couple approached architect Arielle Schechter with a desire for privacy. “They lived in a soul-deadening development in Chapel Hill and they were climbing the walls for lack of freedom and privacy from their neighbors,”…

By Lucy Wang  •  Photos by Keith Isaacs When a couple decided to “break free” from their cookie-cutter home and realize their long-awaited eco-friendly dream home, they turned to Chapel Hill-based architect Arielle Condoret Schechter to bring their vision to life. With their grown son now out of the house, the couple wanted to downsize to a…

​ First-time homeowner Tameka Evans and BuildSense partner Randall Lanou during construction of her now-completed Habitat for Humanity home. (photo courtesy BuildSense) __________________________________________________________________________________________ The award-winning BuildSense team of architects and contractors watched with pride as members of Durham’s Habitat for Humanity handed Durham resident Tameka Evans and her three children the keys to their new, well-built house in a safe, new…