Albert Carey Martin, Junior. was born on August 3, 1913 in Los Angeles, California. He started his career at his father"s firm in 1936 along with his brother, J. Edward Martin (October 23, 1916 – November 22, 2004), a structural engineer who assumed management of the firm after World World War World War II
He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Architecture.
The Los Angeles firm they established is known as Air Corps Martin Partners. His firm designed the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building. Martin used various styles from a "Rationalist International language" to more Expressionist designs.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the firm was credited for "more than 50 percent of all the major buildings erected in Downtown Los Angeles since World World War World War II"
He was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was chosen by the University of Southern California School of Architecture as its distinguished alumnus of 1990.
He was a sailing enthusiast and raced at least five times in the transport-Pacific to Hawaii competition. Death
He died on March 30, 2006 in San Luis Obispo, California.
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Building at 111 North Hope Street (1965)
Union Bank Plaza on Figueroa Street (1967)
One Space Park, the Thompson Ramo Wooldridge science research park in Redondo Beach (1968)
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles (1970). Atlantic Richfield Company Plaza Towers, identical 52-story towers on South Flower Street (1973)
Atlantic Richfield Company Plaza on South Flower Street (1973)
Security Pacific Bank Plaza on South Flower Street (1975).
