SCHAUM is an internationally recognized architecture practice based in Houston, Texas, with a diverse portfolio of projects worldwide. Its architects have deep experience working in design-forward settings and executing innovative solutions with exacting attention to detail.
SCHAUM is an internationally recognized architecture practice based in Houston, Texas, with a diverse portfolio of projects worldwide. Its architects have deep experience working in design-forward settings and executing innovative solutions with exacting attention to detail.
SCHAUM is an internationally recognized architecture practice based in Houston, Texas, with a diverse portfolio of projects worldwide. Its architects have deep experience working in design-forward settings and executing innovative solutions with exacting attention to detail.
The practice engages in a collaborative approach covering various project types from cultural, institutional, commercial, and residential. If you have a project you would like to discuss, please get in touch.
The practice engages in a collaborative approach covering various project types from cultural, institutional, commercial, and residential. If you have a project you would like to discuss, please get in touch.
SCHAUM is an internationally recognized architecture practice based in Houston, Texas, with a diverse portfolio of projects worldwide. Its architects have deep experience working in design-forward settings and executing innovative solutions with exacting attention to detail.
The practice engages in a collaborative approach covering various project types from cultural, institutional, commercial, and residential. If you have a project you would like to discuss, please get in touch.
Troy Schaum, AIA
Principal
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Troy Schaum, Founding Principal of SCHAUM Architects, has been practicing architecture for over 25 years. Before founding SCHAUM, Troy was a co-founding principal of SCHAUM/SHIEH Architects, which was established in 2009. Troy’s notable projects include Shenandoah House, Transart Foundation, White Oak Music Hall, Judd Foundation Architecture Office, and the Chinati Foundation Chamberlain Building.
Troy is also engaged in teaching and research as an Associate Professor at the Rice School of Architecture where he has been teaching since 2008. He is active in the Houston design community, having served on the boards of the Rice Design Alliance and Diverse Works. Troy regularly serves on competition and academic juries and has lectured and exhibited his work across the US and internationally. His work has been recognized nationally, including being named one of the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices in 2019.
Troy received his Master of Architecture from Princeton University and Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. Troy is NCARB certified and licensed in Texas, California, Virginia, and New York.
Andrea Brennan
Associate
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Andrea joined the team in 2017 and has played a pivotal role in the development of numerous projects, including Virginia House, Memorial Park Café, and the firm’s work in Marfa for Judd Foundation and the Chinati Foundation. Detail oriented, design focused and energized by the collaborative nature of the discipline, her project involvement spans from concept through construction. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honors from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Rice University. Andrea is licensed in Texas.
Troy Schaum, AIA
Principal
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Troy Schaum, Founding Principal of SCHAUM Architects, has been practicing architecture for over 25 years. Before founding SCHAUM, Troy was a co-founding principal of SCHAUM/SHIEH Architects, which was established in 2009. Troy’s notable projects include Shenandoah House, Transart Foundation, White Oak Music Hall, Judd Foundation Architecture Office, and the Chinati Foundation Chamberlain Building.
Troy is also engaged in teaching and research as an Associate Professor at the Rice School of Architecture where he has been teaching since 2008. He is active in the Houston design community, having served on the boards of the Rice Design Alliance and Diverse Works. Troy regularly serves on competition and academic juries and has lectured and exhibited his work across the US and internationally. His work has been recognized nationally, including being named one of the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices in 2019.
Troy received his Master of Architecture from Princeton University and Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. Troy is NCARB certified and licensed in Texas, California, Virginia, and New York.
Andrea Brennan
Associate
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Andrea joined the team in 2017 and has played a pivotal role in the development of numerous projects, including Virginia House, Memorial Park Café, and the firm’s work in Marfa for Judd Foundation and the Chinati Foundation. Detail oriented, design focused and energized by the collaborative nature of the discipline, her project involvement spans from concept through construction. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honors from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Rice University. Andrea is licensed in Texas.
Troy Schaum, AIA
Principal
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Troy Schaum, Founding Principal of SCHAUM Architects, has been practicing architecture for over 25 years. Before founding SCHAUM, Troy was a co-founding principal of SCHAUM/SHIEH Architects, which was established in 2009. Troy’s notable projects include Shenandoah House, Transart Foundation, White Oak Music Hall, Judd Foundation Architecture Office, and the Chinati Foundation Chamberlain Building.
Troy is also engaged in teaching and research as an Associate Professor at the Rice School of Architecture where he has been teaching since 2008. He is active in the Houston design community, having served on the boards of the Rice Design Alliance and Diverse Works. Troy regularly serves on competition and academic juries and has lectured and exhibited his work across the US and internationally. His work has been recognized nationally, including being named one of the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices in 2019.
Troy received his Master of Architecture from Princeton University and Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Tech. Troy is NCARB certified and licensed in Texas, California, Virginia, and New York.
Andrea Brennan
Associate
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Andrea joined the team in 2017 and has played a pivotal role in the development of numerous projects, including Virginia House, Memorial Park Café, and the firm’s work in Marfa for Judd Foundation and the Chinati Foundation. Detail oriented, design focused and energized by the collaborative nature of the discipline, her project involvement spans from concept through construction. Andrea holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honors from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture from Rice University. Andrea is licensed in Texas.
Clients
Clients
Concept Neighborhood
Electrolit
Houston Audubon Society
Judd Foundation
Memorial Park Conservancy
Midway
RAAS Hotels
Radom Capital
ReVive Development
The Chinati Foundation
The Menil Collection
Transart Foundation
Vibrant
Consultants
Consultants
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architects
Collaborative Engineering Group
Dept.
Edgeland
Guy Nordenson and Associates
Heintges
Image Permanence Institute
Silman Structural Solutions
Transsolar/Klima Engineering
Collaborators
Collaborators
Cobalt Office
Future Firm
HKS Architects
Jesús Vassallo
Lost and Found Films
Luis Aldrete
Naho Kubota
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
Office of James Burnett
SWA Group
This by That
Weingarten Art Group
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Awards
Awards
Awards
The work of SCHAUM was a finalist in the 2017 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program, a winner of the 2016 New Practices New York by the AIA, and named one of the 2019 Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York. Their work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Storefront for Art and Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the Center for Architecture in New York.
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