Elizabeth Gill Lui

Quotes and commentary accompany various photographs of the United States Air Force Academy, nestled in the Rampart Range of the Rocky Mountains on some eighteen thousand acres in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Focusing on its modern American academic architecture and its surroundings, these images give readers the opportunity to tour the Academy grounds, the classrooms and dormitories, and to visit the iconic Cadet Chapel.

The United States Air Force Academy is an incomparable example of architectural modernism with building exteriors featuring the extensive use of aluminum. The Cadet Area, set around a square pavilion known as the Terrazzo, is home the main academic building, two dormitories, a dining facility, and the widely-recognized seventeen-spired Cadet Chapel. Generally recognized as the distinguishing feature of the Academy, the Cadet Chapel, designated a United States National Historic Landmark in 2004, received the American Institute of Architects’ Twenty-five Year Award in 1996. Readers will find this stunning visual portrait of the Academy highlights the contrast between architectural design and the environment in which it stands.

Highly recommended.… (mais)