The Jeppesen Terminal at Denver International Airport, designed by Fentress Bradburn Architects and opened with the airport on February 28, 1995, is known for a roof of translucent Teflon coated fiberglass fabric held up by a catenary steel cable system similar in principle to the cables of the Brooklyn Bridge. Its row of white peaks was designed to recall snow capped mountains and the teepees once used by Native American peoples of the Great Plains on which the airport sits, northeast of downtown Denver. The terminal is named for Elrey B. Jeppesen, a pioneer of aviation navigation charts, and a pedestrian bridge linking it to Concourse A gives travelers views of the Rocky Mountains to the west and the high plains to the east. A mandatory one percent of the airport's capital budget funded an extensive public art program throughout the terminal.
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