Bryan Tower, Skyscraper in Downtown Dallas, United States.
Bryan Tower is a 40-story office skyscraper on Bryan Street in downtown Dallas, Texas, recognized by its gold-tinted glass panels and exposed steel structure on the facade. The tower stands in the heart of the central business district and functions primarily as a commercial office building.
The tower was designed by the firm Neuhaus & Taylor and opened in 1973, during a period when Dallas was adding modern commercial buildings to its downtown core. In 2024, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its place in the history of modernist commercial architecture.
The building appeared on screen as the headquarters of Ewing Oil in the TV series Dallas during the 1980s, making it familiar to viewers around the world. Fans of the show still stop in front of it to take photos, making it a stop on informal tours of the city.
The building is located in downtown Dallas and easy to reach on foot from other central points of interest. Since it is an active office building, the interior is generally not open to the public, but the facade is fully visible from the street.
The gold-tinted windows of the building are not just a stylistic choice: they reflect sunlight in a way that changes the appearance of the facade noticeably throughout the day. This makes the tower a subject that photographers return to at different hours to capture different effects.
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