Architects: Hennebery Eddy Architects
General contractor: Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company
Size and location: A renovated building on a new site, with 11,000 square feet at 2030 NW Pettygrove Street
Timeline: Planning for design is underway into 2024; construction is likely to begin in mid-2024; scheduled to be complete winter 2025/2026)
Get involved
What do you want your library to look like? Join in these upcoming community events and let’s build these libraries together.
Gifts to The Library Foundation will support an interactive early learning space, a mobile creative learning lab, and a study space for teens at Northwest Library.
New features
Northwest Library will be in a new location, moving from a leased space to 2030 NW Pettygrove Street. This new location will be around 11,000 square feet, more than twice the size of the current building. The library will be across the street from a future city park to the north.
The building on Pettygrove was purchased in 2021. It will be renovated to turn it into a brand new library for the community. As a result, the new Northwest Library location will have a lower overall construction cost.
Based on community input, new features will include:
- A large play and learning space for children and families.
- Flexible meeting spaces for community use.
- A teen area with space for technology, homework and creative expression.
- Updated technology and internet.
- New art that represents the community.
Get a sneak peek at what Northwest Library will look like with this fly-through. The color was voted on by you, the community. This concept is inspired by the Vaux’s Swift migration. The color palette reflects the sky and sunset as the birds funnel into the Chapman Elementary School chimney.
Centering the community
Community input will be an important part of the design process for the new Northwest Library. Engagement will include a series of public community events, focus groups, surveys and more. Sign up for updates.
