Architects apply for Bush library job at SMU

News From Texas Planning for the George W. Bush Presidential Library at SMU has taken another step forward with at least three nationally prominent firms competing to design it – and each can play up architectural ties to the president.

From the Texas Rangers’ park in Arlington to a memorial in Mr. Bush’s home state to an engineering building at his alma mater, the firms are now engaged in a high-stakes contest to gain support from a selection panel that has said the winning design must incorporate the “spirit” of the Bush presidency.