Fox Plaza (Los Angeles)
| Fox Plaza | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Alternative names | 20th Century Fox Plaza |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location |
2121 Avenue of the Stars Century City, Los Angeles, California |
| Coordinates | 34°03′19″N 118°24′46″W / 34.055282°N 118.412804°WCoordinates: 34°03′19″N 118°24′46″W / 34.055282°N 118.412804°W |
| Construction started | 1985 |
| Completed | 1987 |
| Owner | Irvine Company LLC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 34 |
| Floor area | 90,115 m2 (969,990 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Johnson, Fain and Pereira Associates |
| Structural engineer | John A. Martin & Associates |
| Main contractor | Al Cohen Construction |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Fox Plaza is a 34-story, 493-foot (150 m) skyscraper in Century City, Los Angeles, California.[5] It is owned by the Orange County-based Irvine Company.[6]
History
Completed in 1987, the building's architects were Scott Johnson, Bill Fain, and William L. Pereira.[7] Fox Plaza is the last building that William Pereira worked on before his death in 1985 and he did not live long enough to see it open.
Former US President Ronald Reagan had his offices on the 34th floor of the building for several years after leaving public office.[8] The 34th floor is now occupied by Fox.
Filming location
In a 2018 tour for Variety, the chief engineer of the building noted how the Fox Plaza has a large number of redundancies in its design, and he speculates that's because it was intended as a filming location.[9]
The building has been featured in at least four major motion pictures released by Fox. In the 1988 action film Die Hard it was portrayed as the fictional Nakatomi Plaza.[9] Almost the entire film was shot in the plaza, aside from a few scenes showing a Christmas party.[9] The damaged version of the tower was made via a scale model special effect.
The plaza and a neighboring building are the main setting for the rock & roll comedy Airheads. Fox Plaza was also one of the buildings brought down at the end of Fight Club. The building is also used for the corporate offices of Chimera Gas in the surrealistic road movie Motorama and is also portrayed as the headquarters for Spencer Publications on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. It was also featured in the Fox comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 5 episode 9.
The exterior of the building was used in the 1987 Charlie Sheen film No Man's Land, in the 2001 episode of The X-Files, "Essence", and in the 1989 film Lethal Weapon 2.
See also
References
- ↑ "Fox Plaza". CTBUH Skyscraper Database.
- ↑ Fox Plaza (Los Angeles) at Emporis
- ↑ "Fox Plaza". SkyscraperPage.
- ↑ Fox Plaza (Los Angeles) at Structurae
- ↑ "Fox Plaza - Office Building for Rent - Los Angeles, CA". www.irvinecompanyoffice.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ Company, Irvine. "Irvine Company's Fox Plaza Captures Prestigious Regional Industry Award, Irvine Company". Irvine Company. Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ "Fox Plaza: Nice Style, Poor Design". Los Angeles Times. 1987-09-20. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ↑ Andy Lewis (26 September 2013). "Inside Ronald Reagan's 'Die Hard' Office in Century City". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Tapley, Kristopher (2018-07-29). "'Die Hard' Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Outdoor 'Nakatomi Tower' Screening". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-07-30.