Sahuarita Library Receives 8th Design Award to Date
The Sahuarita Regional Library has received the 2026 Elev8 Design Award, its eighth design award to date.
The 17,000 sq. ft. library, located at 670 W. Sahuarita Road, received the award for Grand Citation, New Construction. The library was designed by Line and Space, a Tucson-based design firm that is also overseeing the Downtown Library Building Project.
This recognition celebrates a project designed to foster community connection while remaining deeply rooted in the Sonoran Desert.
Over the past decade, the Town of Sahuarita experienced rapid population growth while lacking access to a modern, full-service public library. The former library, housed in a modular structure, could no longer meet the needs of the expanding community. The completed Sahuarita Library now serves as an essential civic resource, offering improved spaces for visitors, administration, and students, along with an expanded collection, contemporary learning services, and a welcoming, user-centered experience.
The $5.7 million library includes collection areas for children, teens, and adults, supported by study and meeting rooms, a maker space, gaming center, and a business development area that encourages collaboration and job skill development. A large multi-purpose room opens directly to an outdoor patio, allowing presentations, performances, and community events to extend seamlessly beyond the building.
With limited long-range views, the design focuses on the immediate desert landscape. A continuous low ribbon window frames earth berms and bioswales planted with native vegetation and irrigated using harvested rainwater. These berms also buffer noise from the adjacent street, reinforcing a calm interior environment.
Photo courtesy The Sahuarita Regional Library
