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United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Kevin Lippert, publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press, known for its Campus Guide series, picked this campus because it is "a masterpiece of mid-20th-century American Modernism, rather than something in the traditional Collegiate Gothic or Oxford style." He adds: "Many of the buildings are clad in aluminum, suggesting the skin of airplanes, and the Cadet's Chapel there is often called one of the most beautiful buildings in America, collegiate or otherwise." The multidenominational chapel, pictured, was designed so that different religious services can be held simultaneously without interference.
Courtesy of The United States Air Force Academy
美國空軍學院
位于科羅拉多州斯普林斯
普林斯頓建筑出版社的出版商凱文·利珀特（Kevin Lippert）選擇了美國空軍學院，這個出版社可是以發布大學指南系列而聞名于世。選擇這所學校的理由很簡單，因為它是“20世紀中期美國現代主義的經典作品，與傳統的學院哥特式或牛津風格毫無關聯?！彼€補充說道：“很多建筑的外表都覆蓋了一層鋁合金材質，讓人不禁聯想到飛機，尤其是它的地標性建筑，軍校生禮拜堂(Cadet Chapel)，無論是從學院派，抑或是其它建筑風格考量，都可謂是全美國最美麗的建筑之一。”此外，這座多宗派教堂（如圖所示）的設計宗旨，是為了讓不同的教派活動得以在互不干擾的情況下同時進行。
