Air Force Academy Chapel by Walter Netsch/ SOM at GreatBuildings

Architect

Walter Netsch/ SOM

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Location

Colorado Springs, Colorado map

Date

1956 to 1962 timeline

Building Type

chapel

Climate

cold temperate

Context

rural campus

Style

Expressionist Modern

Notes

Massed like a phalanx of fighter jets shooting up into the sky.

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Details

American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 1996

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Sources on Air Force Academy Chapel

Ante Glibota and Frederic Edelman. Chicago 150 Years of Architecture 1833 - 1983. Paris: Paris Art Center, Musee-Galerie de la SEITA, 1986. NA735-C4C394 1983. interior perspective of organ, p169. p196. interior perspective of chapel wall, p169. exterior perspective of chapel, p169.

Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.

Alexandre Persitz, ed. "Chapelle De L'Academie De L'Armee De L'Air Americaine Colorado Springs, Etats-Unis", L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui. June, July 1961. Number 96. p78. drawing of transverse section, p78. drawing of main floor plan, p79.

Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com

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