MEET THE TEAM

ADAM WAGNER AIA, LEED BD+C, ACHA

Founder, Partner

Adam is a Founder and Partner of Market Square Architects (MSA) in Portsmouth, NH and Austin, TX. Adam has been an instrumental leader in the New England region for over 20 years helping two prior firms make the Inc. 5000 list for fastest growing companies in consecutive years. He leverages his experiences at each of those firms to provide executive level leadership to both the office and client projects that he works with.  A member of the prestigious American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) and New Hampshire Board of Architects, Adam has worked extensively in the design of multi-family housing, industrial, commercial office, medical, education, and assisted living sectors.  Adam received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University and a MS in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.  He lives in Dover with his wife Beth and their two German short-haired pointers.

Favorite Quote: “There are many qualities which we need in order to gain success, but the three above all—for the lack of which no brilliancy and no genius can atone—are Courage, Honesty and Common Sense.” – Teddy Roosevelt

Favorite Project: Elliot at River’s Edge, Manchester, NH . We had an amazing team and worked in complete collaboration toward a common goal.  It was a difficult time across the industry; 2008, but we made the most of it and created lasting friendships.

Something interesting/fun about Adam: I’ve never had a hole-in-one in golf, but once holed out from 253 yards away.  #2 at Atkinson Country Club during a scramble tournament (we used my playing partner’s tee shot!)

Personal Strengths: Self-assurance,  Competition,  Arranger, Futuristic,  Strategic

LYLE SMARR

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates 

Favorite Project: SMC Edgebrook 

Interesting/Fun thing about Lyle: I’ve hiked in 24 national parks in the US and have plans to visit all 58. 

Personal Strengths: Strategic,  Learner,  Relator,  Input,  Intellection 

BEN BROWN

Director of Business Development and Marketing

bbrown@marketsquarearchitects.com

Favorite Quote: “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”  – Dr. Seuss

Favorite Project: I promise I’ve never designed a building (just marketing materials) and you should thank me for that.

Something interesting/fun about Ben: I’ve worked in Construction, Sports, and the Beer Industry.  Sounds like a fun weekend activity waiting to happen.

Personal Strengths: Individualization,  Competition,  Achiever, Communication,  Arranger

CHRISTINA O’BRIEN AIA

Project Architect

Favorite Quote: “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Favorite Project: Haigh-Farr – it was exciting to see the project develop from some crude sketches on paper into a living, breathing facility.

Something interesting/fun about Christina: When I grow up, I want to be a pastry chef.

Personal Strengths: Restorative,  Harmony,  Learner,  Relator, Futuristic

CHRISTINE CASTALDO AIA

DIRECTOR OF HOUSING

Favorite Quote: “There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” –Douglas Adams

Favorite Project: Triple C5 Hangars for Lt Col Burkhart and the 167th AW West Virginia ANG

Something fun/interesting about Christine: I have backyard chickens and brew my own beer.

Personal Strengths: Ideation,  Achiever,  Arranger,  Relator,  Input

WHITNEY BELTON, Assoc aia

Project COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Favorite Project: The Provident Bank Corporate Office in Portsmouth, NH

Something fun/interesting about Whitney: My family brought me on my first international trip to Scotland when I was 16 months old and I’ve had the travel bug ever since! In my lifetime I hope to visit 75 out of the 195 recognized countries. So far, I’ve explored nine different countries including Spain, Switzerland and Italy.

Personal Strengths: Context,  Achiever,  Learner,  Intellection,  Input

DANIELLE CAIN

Administrative Assistant and Marketing Coordinator

Favorite Quote: “We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.” -Roald Dahl 

Something fun/interesting about Danielle: I love cartoons and I like to collect children’s books. 

Personal Strengths: Harmony,  Restorative,  Adaptability,  Empathy,  Responsibility 

SOTHEA CHENEY AIA

Project Architect

Favorite Quote: “Time’s fun when you’re having flies” 

Favorite Project: Lahive and Cockfield LLP at One Post Office Square

Something interesting/fun about Sothea: I am first generation Cambodian American and speak Khmer; I played a USTA National Doubles Championship at Indian wells during the BNP PARIBAS in 2011. 

Personal Strengths: Includer,  Adaptability,  Deliberative,  Consistency,  Achiever 

COURTNEY PATRICK, NCIDQ, LEED AP

INTERIOR DESIGNER

Courtney is a fully certified NCIDQ designer for Market Square Architects in the Seacoast of New Hampshire. With the ability to help clients create comfortable and spectacular environments through her interior design skills. A valuable asset to the MSA team, she brings a keen eye for style and knowledge through her previous work in Multi-Family, Senior Living, and Commercial Office design experience in Portsmouth and throughout New England.

Favorite Quote:  “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”- Neal Donald Walsch 

Favorite Project: The Fresh Press, York, Maine

Something interesting/fun about Courtney:  I am an Interior Designer by day, a yoga, nutrition, and fitness junkie by night. 

Personal Strengths: Achiever,  Input,  Individualization,  Focus,  Adaptability 

JOHN RAMSAY

PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” – Albert Einstein. 

Favorite Project: The Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe  

Something interesting/fun about John: I am the 4th generation John Harold Ramsay. 

Personal Strengths: Achiever,  Developer,  Consistency,  Competition,  Relator 

REBECCA RUBY

PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Important learning occurs when a struggle is examined and analyzed, diagnosed, and a prescription offered. Ergo, make it work.”- Tim Gunn 

Favorite Project: Woods at Merrimack, Methuen, MA 

Something interesting/fun about Rebecca: I LOVE to cook. And, so I cook then I watch the Red Sox if they’re playing. Everyone is invited! I’m a huge Red Sox fan. I like to watch every single game start to finish so I don’t miss anything. I have an entire wall in my place with different types of memorabilia dedicated to the Red Sox. 

Personal Strengths:  Woo,  Communication,  Restorative,  Achiever,   Significance 

PHILLIP SALTMARSH

PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” – Seneca 

Favorite Project: Monarch School of New England 

Fun Fact about Phillip: My wife Jen and I enjoy hiking, having climbed all 48 of NH’s 4,000 foot mountains together.  

Personal Strengths: Input,  Adaptability,  Communication,  Includer, Activator 

TODD GIBB

Project Manager

Favorite Quote(s): “I’m gonna give you an engine low to the ground… extra thick oil pan to cut the wind from underneath you. It’ll give you thirty or forty more horsepower. I’m gonna give you a fuel line that’ll hold an extra gallon of gas. I’m gonna shave half an inch off you and shape you like a bullet. I’ll get you primed, painted and weighed, and you’ll be ready to go out on that racetrack. Hear me? You’re gonna be perfect.” – Harry Hogge in Days of Thunder

Favorite Project:  Crossroads Center, San Marcos, TX

Something interesting/fun about Todd: I took a NASCAR driving school at Texas Motor Speedway. I’m an Eagle Scout and a brother of Order of the Arrow.

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Strategic,  Relator,  Competition,  Restorative

ROBERT HARBESON AIA

FOUNDER & PARTNER

Favorite Quote: “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein 

Favorite Project: A Rye, NH Single Family Home Residence – As an office, it was our first ground-up design, with a really enjoyable project team, and for a wonderful client who trusted us to be creative and help create a vision for them. 

Interesting/fun thing about Rob: I grew up in Delaware and once designed a bridge in Harrington for the State Department of Transportation, and I have visited 49 states. 

Personal Strengths: Restorative,  Ideation,  Strategic,  Achiever,  Belief 

Sarah Howard

Project MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Stop, collaborate and listen”- Vanilla Ice 

Favorite Project: Mill240 

Something interesting/fun about Sarah: I can juggle. 

Personal Strength:  Relator, Responsibility, Deliberative, Maximizer, Consistency 

JASON NIEUWEBOER

Project MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”  

Favorite Project: Mill240

Something fun/interesting about Jason: I am a competitive person so I always enjoy friendly competition and watching sports. 

Personal Strengths: Adaptability,  Competition,  Achiever,  Analytical,  Positivity 

ALLAN NUTT

PrINCIPAL EMERITUS

Favorite Quote: “The mind is like an umbrella – it functions best when open.”- Walter Gropius

Favorite Project: 26 Doors Shopping Center in Austin. A boutique retail center designed around 26 sets of magnificent old wooden doors found in central America.

Fun/Interesting fact about Allan: My wife thinks it is funny that I was president of the Slide Rule Club in high school. Pretty geeky!

GAVIN BOURBON

Project Coordinator

Favorite Quote: “Your biggest competition is the person staring back at you in the mirror.” 

Favorite Project: Guyton Residence

Something fun/interesting about Gavin: My summer job for 4 years was making candy at The Goldenrod in York, ME. 

Personal Strengths: Responsibility,  Adaptability,  Includer,  Arrange,  Individualization 

VERNON APGAR

Project COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “If you could kick the person in  the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”  Theodore Roosevelt 

Favorite Project: Revision Military 

Something fun/interesting about Vernon: I’m a twin. 

Personal Strengths:  Analytical,  Deliberative,  Achiever,  Discipline,  Focus

PETER SLOWIK

Project COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “I am as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.” – Steve Jobs 

Favorite Project: Revision Military 

Something interesting/fun about Peter: I am a bit of an old soul with a passion to create — I love classic cars, woodworking, and bourbon. 

Personal Strengths: Ideation,  Analytical,  Competition,  Individualization,  Strategic 

ALLY RUGG

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Favorite Quote: “May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is worth forgotten.” -Irish Blessing 

Favorite Project: Anything residential! I like creating spaces that become homes.

Something interesting/fun about Ally: The best 10 days of my life were spent in Benin, Africa with my Masters studio. The people there were the most genuine and loving people and my class and I developed an amazing relationship with the community of Akpakpa Dodomey-Enagnon in Cotonou. When we got home, we spent the semester designing a health clinic for the community. Someday, my professor, classmates and I hope to go back and help them start building! 

Personal Strengths: Adaptability, Maximizer, Connectedness, Strategic, Relator

MICHAEL MURPHY

PROJECT MANAGER

Favorite Quote: “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt” – John Muir

Favorite Project: Residence Inn / Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott – Waltham, MA
I enjoyed the challenge of overseeing one of New England’s first dual-brand hotels. This property has 190 guestrooms with brand-specific design requirements. I like creating spaces that become homes.

Something interesting/fun about Michael: I completed the Presidential traverse in 2017, one of the great hikes in the eastern United States. It’s so-called because hikers climb all the 10 mountains over 4,000 feet in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in one continuous hike that’s nearly 23 miles long with close to 9,000 feet of elevation gain. This journey ended in just over 16 hours.

Personal Strengths: Consistency, Positivity, Adaptability, Restorative, Achiever