Elk Grove Library

The transformation of a former Rite Aid Pharmacy into a library for the City of Elk Grove consisted of a full interior renovation of the single-story, 18,000-square-foot facility and limited exterior modifications to add and expand openings to the building. This new location for the city’s main library (a mile east of its former site) has twice the amount of parking space and the building is 4,000 square feet larger. The library features a children’s space with an outdoor patio, a teen area, a makerspace (for sewing machines, craft supplies, musical instruments, and 3D printers), bigger meeting rooms, more study rooms, and a Library of Things collection (for gardening tools, power tools, kitchen equipment, and musical equipment). The structural scope involved support for a variety of interior and exterior elements, including strengthening at new openings in the perimeter CMU walls, new skylight framing, and removal of one mezzanine column for a larger open interior space for the makerspace.