Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch

The branch is located on Allen Parkway in the Fourth Ward of Houston, Texas.

[1][2] The 297,000-square-foot (27,600 m2) building, which includes the second largest currency vault in the country, was designed by architect Michael Graves.

[3][4] The building's architect Michael Graves said the inspiration for the structure was the Southwestern landscape.

[5] Musician and Talking Heads leader David Byrne, commented that "This very out of place structure somehow lingers, like a fart left by someone no longer in an elevator.

"[3] The brick exterior, which consists of 537,000 closure brick, 31,400 blue structural glazed tile, and 90,000 modular accent brick has been called a masonry masterpiece by the Mason Contractors Association of America.