◀ ShawChapelatRegentUniversityinVirginia Beach, Virginia. | Photo copyrighted by Regent University ▼ ThechapelattheU.S.AirForceAcademy RegentUniversity AirForceAcademy Anothertimelessexampleofchurch ThechapelattheU.S.AirForce 2 3 architecturecanbefoundatRegent AcademyinColoradoSprings, University. Colorado,isacompletedeparturefrom thehousesofworshipattheothertwocolleges. TheEvangelicalcollegeinVirginiaBeach,Virginia, foundedbytelevangelistPatRobertson,featuresa Builtin1962toadesignbyWalterNetsch,an Georgian-stylechapelthat,likeHillsdale’s,wouldbe architectknownforhisbrutaliststyle,CadetChapel’s instantlyfamiliartoanyonefromthe18thcentury. focalpointisits17glassandaluminumspires—his takeonthespiresofmedievalGothicarchitecture. InspiredbytheChurchofSt.Martin-in-the-Fieldsin ComparedwithsomeofNetsch’sotherworks,the London,DavidHardwickedesignedShawChapel, thoroughlymoderndesignactuallyworks. whichwasbuiltnearly300yearsafterGibbs’ masterpiece. Notably,thechapelwasdesignedtohousethree separatechapelswithdistinctspacesforthe Whiletheinterioremploysfurnitureandfittingsthat academy’sProtestant,RomanCatholicandJewish lookvaguelyperiod,theorderingmakesitfeellikean faithcommunitiestogatherforreligiousrites. auditorium.Theonlyrealhintthatthisisasacred Protestantsoccupythesoaringnaveonthemainfloor spaceandnotamultipurposehallisthestained-glass whileinmorerecentyears,additionalspacehasbeen windowdepictingtheascensionofChrist. allocatedforBuddhistsandMuslimworship. Thechapel,reportedlythemostvisitedbuildinginall ofColorado,isclosedforrenovationuntilaprojected publicreopeningin2027. Christianpost.com 51