With an estimated $250 million budget, the 227,000-square-foot center will contain a museum, library, and archive, plus a private Policy Institute that some SMU faculty and trustees have denounced as a partisan think tank. The center will overlook a rolling landscape of native Texas grasses and wildflowers by Michael Van Valkenburgh.
Stern was selected in 2007 to design a library “compatible with the distinct architectural character [i.e. Georgian] of SMU that commemorates and celebrates the accomplishments of President Bush.” He responded with a red brick and creamy Texas limestone building featuring an entry plaza, colonnade, and tall square tower that recalls the more fanciful cupolas on otherSMU buildings.
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