United States Air Force Academy

The Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, photographed in 2007. Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it in glass, steel and aluminum, with 17 identical spires and ribbons of stained glass between the tetrahedrons, and it was completed in 1963. It is the most daring building on any campus here, and a reminder that a service academy can also be an architecture destination. The chapel has been under restoration since 2019, so check whether it has reopened before you plan a visit around it.