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Dallas’s George W. Bush Presidential Center , which architect Robert A.M. Stern designed in close consultation with the former president and Mrs. Bush, features an exterior of brick and Texas Cordova Cream limestone.

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Former president George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush.

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The Bush center’s 23-acre site, designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh , is planted with thousands of native trees and shrubs.

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Aluminum brise-soleils shade the restaurant’s terrace.

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The auditorium in the wing that houses the George W. Bush Institute, the public-policy center.

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The institute’s light-filled lobby.

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The paneled reading room of the institute.

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Freedom Hall, the center’s 67-foot-high atrium, features a large wraparound LED video display.

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Mr. Bush’s pecan-wood-paneled office was decorated by Kenneth Blasingame.

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Blasingame also oversaw a suite of reception spaces in the institute, including this intimate dining room, lined in a Gracie hand-painted wallpaper that was also used in the White House.

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The library contains a mix of inviting seating areas and warm antiques.

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Paintings of national parks by artist Adrian Martinez occupy 12-foot-tall niches in the living room.