A real place on screen

Fox Plaza

A faceted office tower with setbacks and a sharply modelled crown. Its still-new construction became an essential part of the action film’s fictional corporate headquarters.

Architect / attribution
William L. Pereira & Associates; Scott Johnson and Bill Fain
Building chronology
1987
Place
Century City, Los Angeles, United States

The real building

Films at Fox Plaza

Die Hard (1988)

On screen: Nakatomi Plaza

Los Angeles’s tourism body identifies Fox Plaza as the filming location. The tower was still under construction during the production.

In the film

Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.

Movie frame

Fox Plaza supplies the fictional Nakatomi Plaza setting.
Fox Plaza supplies the fictional Nakatomi Plaza setting.

Twentieth Century Fox · Scene image source

Filming evidence

Building sources

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