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nofootnotes|date=March 2009Infobox building|name = Fox Plaza|image = Foxyplaza.jpg|image_size = 250px|location = 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California |caption =|latd = 34.055282|longd = -118.412804|iso_region =|coordinates_display= title|start_date = Start date|1985|completion_date = 1987|opening =|building_type = Office|roof = convert|150|m|ft|sp=us|top_floor =|floor_count = 35|elevator_count =|cost =|floor_area = convert|90115|m2|sqft|abbr=on|architect = Johnson, Fain and William Pereira|Pereira Associates|structural_engineer=|main_contractor =|developer =|owner = The Irvine Company Fox Plaza is a convert|492|ft|m-high skyscraper with 35 floors in Century City, Los Angeles, California , a local landmark . Completed in 1987, the architects behind its design were Scott Johnson, Bill Fain and William Pereira|William L. Pereira . Owned by Orange County-based The Irvine Company, Fox Plaza is Twentieth Century Fox 's official headquarters.
Former President of the United States Ronald Reagan occupied a penthouse apartment|penthouse on the 34th floor for several years after leaving public office. The 34th floor is now occupied by global management consulting firm ZS Associates .
Fox Plaza is the last building that Pereira worked on before his death in 1985.
In film
The building has featured in at least four major motion pictures released by Fox. Its most famous appearance was in the 1988 film Die Hard as the fictional Nakatomi Plaza in which its destruction was accomplished using a scale model. The plaza and a neighboring building are the main setting for rock & roll comedy Airheads , and the lobby is featured in the opening scene of Speed (1994 film)|Speed . Fox Plaza was also used as one of the buildings brought down at the end of Fight Club .
The exterior of the building can also be seen in the 1987 Charlie Sheen film No Man's Land and in the 1989 Mel Gibson film Lethal Weapon 2 .
Fox Plaza is featured in the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles . The building is also used for the corporate offices of Chimera Gas in the dark comedy Motorama (film)|Motorama and as the headquarters for Chicago 's fictional Mr. Zalinsky's Auto Parts in the 1995 film Tommy Boy .
See also
Skyscrapers in film
Zev_Yaroslavsky#Positions|Zev Yaroslavsky , Los Angeles City Council member (1974–94) who voted in favor of building Fox Plaza
External links
http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/CA/LosAngelesFoxPlaza.html Architecture of Fox Plaza Century City
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/? buildingID=1054 Fox Plaza at SkyscraperPage.com
Die Hard Category:Die Hard Category:Skyscrapers in Los Angeles, California Category:20th Century Fox Category:Headquarters in the United States Category:Office buildings in Los Angeles, California Category:William Pereira buildings
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