R. Miller Architecture shared with us their design for the Air Force Village Chapel competition, for which they received a 2010 unbuilt AIA Orlando award for design excellence. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
IDEAS The U.S. Air Force, saying the name evokes many images and emotions. Stories of test pilots, engineering achievements, historic battles, exploration of the universe, Air Force heroes and so much more flashes through the mind. Our aim is to capture the essentials linking such diverse stories together. Concepts like a pilot’s exposure to the limitless blue sky, the feeling of engaging a piece of high performance equipment, the experience of soaring, images of aircraft contrails, and the Thunderbirds’ precision ballet-like flight in the heavens above. We have captured and expressed these and other such word pictures in a building clearly and uniquely representing the Air Force and it’s men and women of faith.
