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The George W. Bush Presidential Center carries forward the tradition of Southern Methodist University's Georgian-style campus, with simple wall planes faced with Texas limestone and red brick relieved by rhythmically disposed divided-light windows. The building presents three distinct facades. On the north, the public entrance to the museum and Presidential archives stands at the head of a colonnaded court. To the west, the entrance to the George W. Bush Institute is through a portico that concludes the important Binkley Avenue axis of the campus. To the south, the Institute faces university recreational fields, with the Dallas skyline visible in the distance beyond. On the east side service areas help buffer the Center from the noise of an adjoining freeway. A large lantern atop Freedom Hall, the museum's central atrium, identifies the Center from the campus and from the city.
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