Spring Valley Library
Architect(s): Gary Congdon and Welles Pugsley Architects (addition)
Address: 4280 S. Jones Blvd.
Year: 1985 and 2001

Spring Valley Library is currently the Library District's oldest library and doesn't have quite the same design pizzazz as the other branch libraries. The building has undergone an interior and exterior facelift by Welles Pugsley Architects. An earlier exterior included a coat of beige paint and bright primary-colored shapes painted on the entrance columns. The most interesting architectural feature of the building is the entrance. A horizontal, semi-circular mass with red tile and cutouts is held up by tall triangular columns. This combination of forms clearly defines the main entrance. Some of the exterior walls feature large rectangular panels with deep reveals and both smooth and rough textures

Images taken Sept 2005. (Paulette Nelson)

see Spring Valley Library hours and location

Resources available in the ASL:

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Clark County Library District fact sheet about Spring Valley Library. ASL File #: LVA(F) CONG 3

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: document titled “Spring Valley Library Building Program” from January 1996. ASL File #: LVA(F) CONG 1

UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: document titled “Spring Valley Library: The second phase.” No date. ASL File #: LVA(F) CONG 2

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/southlv05.html#001

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