Fox Plaza
Information
Location	2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′19″N 118°24′46″W / 34.055282, -118.412804Coordinates: 34°03′19″N 118°24′46″W / 34.055282, -118.412804
Status	Complete
Groundbreaking	1985
Constructed	1987
Use	Office
Height
Roof	150 meters (492 feet)
Floor count	34
Floor area	90,115 m² (969,990 sq ft)
Companies
Architect	Johnson, Fain and Pereira Associates
Owner	The Irvine Company

Fox Plaza is a 492-foot (150-meter) high skyscraper with 34 floors in Century City, Los Angeles, California, a local landmark. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here The square foot is an Imperial unit / US customary unit (non- SI non- metric) of Area, used mainly in the United States William Leonard Pereira ( April 25, 1909 &ndash November 13, 1985) was an American Architect from Chicago, The Irvine Company is a privately held Real estate development company based in Newport Beach, Orange County California. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper Originally a landmark literally meant a Geographic Feature used by explorers and Completed in 1987, the architects behind its design were Scott Johnson, Bill Fain and William L. Pereira. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction William Leonard Pereira ( April 25, 1909 &ndash November 13, 1985) was an American Architect from Chicago, Owned by Orange County-based The Irvine Company, Fox Plaza is 20th Century Fox's headquarters.

The building has been featured in at least three major motion pictures to date. Fox Plaza is the actual building used for the Nakatomi Plaza, a fictional office building that is the setting of the first Die Hard film. Die Hard is an Academy Award nominated 1988 American Action film. The apparent destruction of the building in the film was accomplished by Richard Edlund using scale model pyrotechnic effects. Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6 1940) is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects cinematographer The plaza itself and a neighboring building (which can be seen in Die Hard) is the location for "KPPX Rebel Radio" and is the main setting for the rock and roll comedy Airheads. Airheads is a Comedy Film released on August 5, 1994. It was written by Rich Wilkes and directed by Michael Lehmann. The building's lobby was also featured in the opening scene of the Keanu Reeves film Speed. Keanu Charles Reeves (kiːˈɑːnuː born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian Actor. Speed is a 1994 American action / thriller Romance film directed by Jan de Bont set in Los Angeles.

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan occupied a penthouse on the 34th floor for several years after leaving public office. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by A penthouse apartment or penthouse is an Apartment or Condominium that is on one of the highest floors of an Apartment building or condominium

The Fox Plaza was the last building that Pereira worked on before his death in 1985.

Gallery

The Fox Plaza up close.

Long distance view.

See also

• Skyscrapers in film
• Die Hard
• 20th Century Fox
• The Irvine Company

External links

• Architecture of Fox Plaza Century City
• Fox Plaza at SkyscraperPage.com