FIRM HISTORY Richard M. Monahon, Jr., AIA, Architects has provided services in architecture, planning and interior design in southern New Hampshire since 1975. Our staff of architects and technical personnel uses AutoCAD for the development of design and construction documents. Sharing the belief that a society's architecture is the highest expression of its cultural condition, RMMA values the past as a context for the next generation of architectural expression. RMMA is interested equally in the issues of community growth through preservation, adaption, and infill, and the design of the new built environment. Architecture serves the needs of our society by visualizing the built form of the functional requirements, inventing the systems of use, and organizing the elements. It also reflects society's values through the recollection of history and culture. RMMA believes that the Art of Architecture is inextricably linked with our society's aspirations, cultural heritage as well as our functional needs. Architecture, at its best, enables people to communicate, work and live better. RMMA has worked with many local communities on schools, libraries, town halls, fire stations, etc. For the State of New Hampshire we designed an office building and a vocational/technical college building. Preservation restoration design has long been a significant aspect of this practice. We have done all the restoration architecture for Historic Harrisville whose holdings include the core textile mill buildings in this Nation Historic landmark. We have also worked for the State of NH on numerous CDBG renovations of municipal projects. Our work in the field of preservation has put us in the center of the Preservation movement in NH as both founding members of the Preservation Alliance and members of the State Division of Historic Resources review board. Recent projects in Claremont, Jaffrey, and Windham are ongoing. For private clients, we have on a broad range of experience designing commercial and institutional projects including: libraries, an art center, archival/museums, schools, theaters, office buildings, churches, a small shopping mall, educational centers and housing. Many of the housing units have been for young handicap adults and designed to enable them to live independently. Over the years, we have won numerous AIA awards for design excellence for their sympathetic handling of new construction within the context of existing historic buildings or the vernacular architecture of the region, their overall treatment of difficult sites as well as meeting the client's needs.