Troy Schaum is the principal at Schaum Architects and a professor at Rice University.  His firm’s work, which unfolds at a range of scales nationally and internationally, has received several design awards. Recent work includes a restoration of the Architecture Office Building for the Judd Foundation and a restoration of the Chamberlain Building for the Chinati Foundation, both in Marfa, Texas; the headquarters for an arts institution in Houston; and an art center in Jodhpur, India. His work has been exhibited globally—including at the Venice Biennale, MoMA, the Storefront for Art and Architecture, and the Center for Architecture in New York—and published in many journals, including The Architect’s Newspaper, Texas Architect, Dezeen, Domus, Architect, and Architectural Record. He is also the editor of Totalization: Speculative Practice in Architectural Education with Park Books, in which contributors explore the status of expertise in the formulation of contemporary practice.