2016 Facilities of Merit: Virtue Field House

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In the right hands, even field house design can be an exercise in architectural creativity. Take Virtue Field House, for example, which manages to surround straightforward programming spaces — a 200-meter track, a synthetic turf infield — with a parabolic roof and angular building forms to create an exterior aesthetic that’s both “elegant and restrained,” in the words of one judge.

As part of rigorous master-planning, careful consideration was given to how the field house relates to an existing athletic center and outdoor fields. Used by all of the college’s sports teams, the field house allows Middlebury to host NCAA indoor track and field meets for the first time.

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