Project Description
The George W. Bush Presidential Center is home to the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Institute, and Foundation. The Center’s 226,000-square-foot building and 15-acre urban park reside on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The Library is the 13th Presidential Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Center’s museum is complete with interactive museum galleries, restaurants and cafés, a gift shop, and a park filled with local wildflowers and prairie grasses. The facility received LEED Platinum certification for design and construction, the first presidential library and museum to do so.
The entrance features a terrace with concrete pavers supported by Bison Versadjust Pedestals creating a perfectly level courtyard, contrasting the surrounding rolling Texas hills. The calming water feature anchors the space and adds to the stately appearance of the patterned pavers.
Architect: Robert A. M. Stern, Dean of the Yale School of Architecture
Completion Date: 2013