April Sampson Cancer Center, Lincoln, Nebraska: 2025 Design Showcase Honorable Mention
Opened in April 2024, the April Sampson Cancer Center in Lincoln, Neb., brings services previously provided at multiple sites into one facility to support a multidisciplinary clinic model in which medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists come to the patient, instead of requiring patients to travel to receive care at different locations.
Maximizing views to the outdoors
Located within a rolling landscape that includes meadows, woods, and a natural pond, the design approach took great care to orient the building within its natural setting to maximize site features and support holistic healing.
Specifically, the project team, including architecture and design firm Ballinger (Philadelphia), which submitted the project to the Design Showcase, utilized the site’s significant grade change to design a building that’s 2 stories on the eastern side, with a primarily glass façade, and one level on the western side…