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Introducing the Compass Design Guide 2024! Your one stop shop that provides over 250 pages of exceptional ironwork for architects, designers, and clients to pull inspiration from. This guide helps assist in the design selection process. It also provides thought leadership in Iron gates, balcony railings, property fences, and custom stairs for the design community.

Our design guide had not been updated in 7 years, as Covid completely upended everyone’s routine processes. We started the new upgrade in the middle of 2023. We soon realized that we needed to be selective with which photos to use as processes and designs evolve over the years. Also we sought to condense the information to make it easier to identify projects. Instead of having separate security sections and shore sections, whenever there are projects that provide both, specific icons appear on those project pages for easier readability.

The newly-released design guides are broken out into 5 sections.

They are:

  1. Artistic
  2. Fences
  3. Gates
  4. Railings
  5. Stairs

The artistic section features artistic Iron trees, metal sculptures and custom architectural pergolas as well as Iron security doors and custom glass shower doors. Your artistic wish is our command!

The fence section provides various fence design possibilities. It also features many actual Iron fence installations we have completed. The property fence section has many examples of property fences that provide physical security, and some capable to withstand the harsh elements of the shore.

The gate design guide outlines various driveway gate designs. They range anywhere from modern to traditional designs. The back of the driveway gate section has various pages of conceptual driveway gate designs.

The railing design guide is by far the largest with over 100 pages of full color photos. The guide starts with interior railing posts and then showcases interior foyer railing designs. It then moves to exterior railing posts, and exterior railings. This is sure to include custom aluminum railings that are specifically constructed/finished to withstand the harsh elements of at the shore.

Next, a section of iron balcony railings and commercial iron railings complete the railing design guide. It features a project we completely restored. It is a Samuel Yellin Wrought Iron balcony and railing originally built in the 1900’s.

The last section showcases luxury stair designs. We also highlight various other custom stair designs. Some examples are: cathedral stairs, floating stairs, cantilever stairs, and mono stringer stairs. These custom stair materials range from stainless steel, wood, and aluminum to glass, and iron. This provides clients with their own exceptional stair design statement.

Do you need inspiration to kick start a project of your own?! We are happy to help! View our Design Guide 2024 here! Or Contact us here! Need even more inspiration? Check out our other work on Pinterest or our galleries!

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As the owner of an exclusive property, we were looking for custom ironworks replicated from England in the 1860s. The photo we had was sketchy, but these passionate craftsmen knew their business, knew the details of this ancient craft and provided tips on adding authenticity. They provided excellent communication throughout the creativity and design process, then with superb, detailed craftsmanship, they created and installed an exceptional piece of ironwork that is rich in detail, authentic, yet is engineered to withstand use for decades, utilizing 100% recycled material and an eco-friendly durable finish.

Springhill Suites Marriott

We had a railing, designed, created, and installed by Compass Ironworks. Amos and Aaron were extremely professional. They kept us informed of how things were progressing. We even visited the shop when the railing was almost complete. We HIGHLY recommend Compass Ironworks! We have had several people knock on our door to ask about who made our beautiful railing. Thank you for your hard work!

Jacqui Collins & Greg McBride

We are so pleased with our custom deck railing created by Compass Ironworks. The design and finish are perfect, just what we envisioned. It was a pleasure working with Compass Ironworks, a company that takes pride in their work.

Tracy Tanner

We had a rather unusual design for our front railings, but the folks at Compass Ironworks took it in stride, figured out how to make it and delivered EXACTLY what we were hoping for — all at a reasonable price. Plus they’re just plain nice to deal with.

Courtney Lederer
Front entrance metal gate