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.
Exterior shots of the tower served as the home of Ewing Oil in the original five-part Dallas miniseries, later sold as Season One of the 1980s series. The building's gold-tinted glass and steel beams are what viewers saw in those establishing shots.
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.
Exterior shots of Bryan Tower stood in for the home of Ewing Oil in the original five-part Dallas miniseries, later counted as the show's first season. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2024, and Spire Realty, run by Caleb Smith, oversaw its renovation after his father Randall D. Smith bought it in 1998.
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