AKA: Universal City Plaza (UCP), Music Corporation of America (MCA)-Getty Oil Building, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA; Universal City Plaza (UCP), NBCUniversal Building, Universal City, Los Angeles, CA
Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings
Designers: Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company (firm); Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Los Angeles, CA (firm)
Dates: constructed 1984
36 stories, total floor area: 820,000 sq. ft.
Overview
The Los Angeles Office of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) designed this rhombus-shaped, 820,000-square foot highrise, completed in 1984.
Building Notes
The rhombus-shaped building has also been known as "Universal City Plaza (UCP) Building #10," or "10UCP." NBCUniversal has made efforts to improve the energy consumption of its buildings on the Universal City complex (and properties elsewhere). its website stated in 2024 of the 10 UCP: "10 Universal City Plaza (10 UCP), an 800,000 square foot high rise office building located in Los Angeles, received an Innovation Award: Energy Efficiency Project of the Year from the City of Los Angeles for energy projects that reduced the building’s energy use by 40%. Projects included retrofitting heating, chillers, pumps and controls, LED lighting conversions and modernizing elevators. 10 UCP is one of the first buildings in the country to use Smart Commissioning with integrated performance analytics. The building is now saving 1,420 MWh in energy per year and is certified LEED Gold."
PCAD id: 4009