Snøhetta, Studio Gang and Henning Larsen compete to design Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

The Obama Presidential Center, however, has encountered controversy because of its siting in the historic Jackson Park, which was designed in 1871 by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The Cultural Landscape Foundation president Charles A Birnbaum likened the project to "confiscating 20 acres of New York City's Central Park" in an Opinion piece for Dezeen.