Century Plaza Towers, Twin office towers in Century City, Los Angeles, United States
Century Plaza Towers are two 44-story office towers, 571 feet (174 m) tall, in Century City, Los Angeles. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki and completed in 1975, they have aluminum exteriors with closely spaced vertical lines and an unusual triangular footprint. The left tower is slightly taller and closer, with a narrow pale roof band and a small fixture at its top left corner.
In 1940 Darryl F. Zanuck of 20th Century Fox bought a golf course next to the Fox Studios, and in 1961 the land was sold to Alcoa for 43 million USD. Alcoa commissioned the towers from architect Minoru Yamasaki, and construction finished in 1975. The Los Angeles Times reported in February 2020 that the twin office skyscrapers were fully occupied for the first time.
The towers appear regularly in television shows like Remington Steele and Moonlighting, which helped make them part of the city's visual culture. This visibility in entertainment shaped how many people recognize and remember Los Angeles itself.
The complex houses one of the world's largest underground parking facilities beneath the two office buildings, accommodating 5,000 vehicles. This extensive parking makes the site highly accessible for both visitors and workers.
The two buildings feature triangular footprints and a design approach similar to Yamasaki's earlier World Trade Center in New York. This geometric quality is less obvious at street level but becomes apparent when viewed from above.
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