In lieu of mailing holiday cards in 2016, Ironwood Design Group has made charitable contributions to The Southeast Land Trust, Plan NH, and Lakes Environmental Association. 

Laconia has become the first community in the state to adopt a point system in their Architectural Guidelines. Ironwood worked with SMP Architecture Inc. and Hawk Planning Resources LLC. to come up with a comprehensive point system that will help applicants understand Laconia’s architectural focus before coming to the Board. For example, different areas of [...]

Two rain gardens were constructed to intercept and filter rain water before it enters Brickyard Pond. In recent years, the pond has seen an increase in algae due to excess nitrogen from neighboring lawns. The Marshall Farms homeowners banded together and received government funding to do this project.  With design help from Ironwood design group the project was [...]

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Save The Date:  JANUARY 15th, 2014 Gateway Concept Perspective The Town of Exeter is about to embark on an exciting planning study, one with the potential to significantly transform Portsmouth Avenue. A Planning Board subcommittee looking at zoning and land use regulation alternatives chose to research the applicability of a form-based code approach to planning [...]

Ironwood  Part of  Regional Stormwater Effort to Better Water Quality in Exeter Pond   Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) has pulled together an innovative team approach to improve the functioning of a pond ecosystem for the beloved community Brickyard Pond in the  Exeter Neighborhood of Marshall Farms. The effort includes the installation of rain gardens on residences near [...]

Before After Ironwood was asked to examine a newly constructed but failing retaining wall for a resident in Brentwood, NH. The wall as orignally designed created an extreme pinch point between the driveway and the house entrance. Additionally, our forensics determined that the wall was not properly constucted with respect to the specifications for the wall materials and [...]

A New Bridge and Entry Park for Loon Mountain   In the wake of Hurricane Irene of 2011, the Loon Mountain International Bridge collapsed over the  East Branch of the Pemigewasset River and a temporary bridge has been bringing visitors to the main entrance to the Loon Mountain resort.  But now with FEMA funding the bridge will be [...]