Campus Architecture Database: Collin Higher Education Center

Collin County Community College District, Plano, Tex.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $30-million

Square Footage: 125,000

Architect: PBK Architects Inc.

Contractor: Lee Lewis Construction Inc.

Opened: 2010

At this facility, in McKinney, Tex., students can take courses from Collin County Community College as well as from five area universities—Dallas Baptist University, Texas A&M University at Commerce, Texas Woman’s University, the University of North Texas, and the University of Texas at Dallas. The five partner institutions offer upper-division undergraduate courses as well as graduate-level courses. The facility houses the community college’s administrative offices and offers 24 classrooms, a student-service center, and a learning-resource center.

(Photos: Nick Young)

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