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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
美国空军学院
位于科罗拉多州斯普林斯
普林斯顿建筑出版社的出版商凯文·利珀特（Kevin Lippert）选择了美国空军学院，这个出版社可是以发布大学指南系列而闻名于世。选择这所学校的理由很简单，因为它是“20世纪中期美国现代主义的经典作品，与传统的学院哥特式或牛津风格毫无关联。”他还补充说道：“很多建筑的外表都覆盖了一层铝合金材质，让人不禁联想到飞机，尤其是它的地标性建筑，军校生礼拜堂(Cadet Chapel)，无论是从学院派，抑或是其它建筑风格考量，都可谓是全美国最美丽的建筑之一。”此外，这座多宗派教堂（如图所示）的设计宗旨，是为了让不同的教派活动得以在互不干扰的情况下同时进行。
