BEATRICE – A building on a community college campus in southeast Nebraska has received an award for architecture. The Southeast Community College Beatrice Campus Academic Excellence Center, which opened in 2021, has received an award for its unique architectural style.

The award is from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, which recently announced the overall winners of the 2022 American Architecture Awards.

The center on the Beatrice Campus was one of 12 named in the Schools/Universities category and among 150 projects chosen by Italian architects. The projects were judged to be the best new architecture designs by American and international architects with offices in the United States.

Over 400 projects were considered in the judging.  In addition, the building has received many other awards ranging from Outstanding Project Award to Excellence in Architecture Award to Interior Design Excellence.

SCC President Dr. Paul Illich said, “These types of awards are in alignment with the College’s vision to create dedicated destinations and the highest quality learning climates through permanent, innovative, modern, virtually linked, sustainable, and collaborative facilities and green spaces”.

Illich said it is also a validation of the college's commitment to its core values of excellence, integrity, innovation, inclusion, and stewardship and accountability.

The 52,000 square-foot Academic Excellence Center has classrooms, health and science labs, and a multi-purpose room. The $19 million facility was designed by BVH Architecture and Gould Evans....now Multistudio. 

The center was built by Hausman Construction.  The Academic Excellence Center also was featured in the September/October issue of Nebraska Life magazine.