The West Irving Library serves as one of 4 new libraries for the City of Irving Library System. The facility is situated at the base of an existing water tower. The building's crescent shape curves with the circular shape of the water tower, opening to the north with walls of glass. The glass walls floods the facility with natural light, reducing the energy required to light the building and provide dramatic vistas to their park-like setting. The facility includes the latest in touch screen technology with micro-soft "Surfaces" table, SMART tables, and SMART walls located throughout the Children, Teen, and Adult spaces. A geothermal ground loop heat pump system to heat and cool the facility was utilized as well as a photovoltaic system consisting of solar panels situated over (2) carports and (6) arrays comprising of 1,444 (245W) solar panels providing enough power to create a NET ZERO building saving the city approximately $55,000 per year in energy costs. The project is required to meet the certified requirements of LEED, at this time it has enough points to be Gold (pending certification).

The West Irving Library was featured as part of channel 5 "Going Green" segment.