Forbe’s panel of architects says natural setting plays a big part in assessing a campus’ beauty. In that regard, this campus is blessed: Founded in 1925, Tsinghua sits on the former site of the Qing Dynasty’s royal gardens. Many of Beijing’s most notable historical sites, like the Summer Palace, are close by. The campus is peppered with artificial ponds where stone benches and floating lotus blossoms inspire reflection.

　　《福布斯》的建筑师评定小组一致认为，自然景观在这次校园“选美”中占有很大的比重。在这方面，水木清华园可谓是得天独厚。始建于1925年的清华大学在几处清朝皇家园林旧址上修建而成。该校四周坐落着许多著名的京城名胜（如颐和园，圆明园）。校园内点缀着巧夺天工的人工湖。湖边的石凳，水面上摇曳的荷花，都让人心旷神怡，浮想联翩。

　　United States Air Force Academy

　　美国空军学院

　　Colorado Springs, Colo., US

　　位于美国科罗拉多州斯普林斯


　　Kevin Lippert, publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press, picked this campus because it is “a masterpiece of mid-20th-century American Modernism, rather than something in the traditional Collegiate Gothic or Oxford style.” He adds: “Many of the buildings are clad in aluminum, suggesting the skin of airplanes, and the Cadet’s Chapel there is often called one of the most beautiful buildings in America, collegiate or otherwise.”

　　普林斯顿建筑出版社的出版商凯文利珀特选择了美国空军学院。理由很简单，因为它是“20世纪中期美国现代主义建筑的伟大作品，与传统的学院哥特式或牛津风格毫无关联。”他还补充说道：“很多建筑的外层都覆有一层铝合金材质，以暗示飞机机身，尤其是它的地标性建筑，军校生礼拜堂，无论是在大学建筑还是其他建筑中都可谓是全美最美丽的建筑之一。”