Name: Neil Martin, AIA
Title: Principal
Company: The S/L/A/M Collaborative
Location: Boston, MA
Place of birth: Falmouth, MA
Family: Wife and twin, 13-year-old girls.
College: Rhode Island School of Design BFA, B.Arch.
First job unrelated to your current field: Tennis instructor
First job in current field: Design competition assistant for Machado & Silvetti Associates.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? SLAM focuses on clients who teach, heal and discover. We recently completed work at Marlborough Hospital's Beacon of Hope Cancer Pavilion, Duke University's School of Medicine Learning Center and are currently completing renovations at MIT and Providence College among many other projects across the United States. Our plans for the future are to continue growing and providing exceptional architectural design solutions to the clients we serve.
Hobbies: Sailing
Favorite novel: Ernest Shackleton's "Endurance"
Favorite film: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (with my kids)
Keys to success: Doing something that you love to do, being a team player and displaying a tireless work ethic are the keys to success.
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Mr. Frank Gehry
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Aircraft Pilot.