The Classroom, Laboratory & Administration Building commonly known simply as the CLA Building is a building on the campus of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, or Cal Poly Pomona, is a public university located in Pomona, California, United States...

 (Cal Poly Pomona). Designed by Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

-based architect Antoine Predock

Antoine Predock

Antoine Predock is an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Antoine Predock is the Principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC. The studio was established in 1967...

 in the Futurist

Futurist architecture

Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture characterized by anti-historicism and long horizontal lines suggesting speed, motion and urgency. Technology and even violence were among the themes of the Futurists. The movement was founded by the poet Filippo Tommaso...

 style and completed in 1992, it has come to be the defining image of the university.

Its pointed, triangular and open top makes it the most distinct tower on the university campus. According to Predock, "inevitably, human settlement alters the landscape. Successive habitation has altered the Pomona Valley

Pomona Valley

The Pomona Valley, located between the San Gabriel Valley and Cucamonga Valley in Southern California, straddles the border between Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County. Back on March 1, 1893 the California Assembly voted 54-14 for a new county to form in the region, San Antonio County,...

 from the original dry swept earth of Rancho San Jose. Now the verdant Arabian horse ranch

W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center

The W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center is a research facility on the campus of the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona which specializes on equine studies, breeding and research.-History:...

 of W.K. Kellogg

Will Keith Kellogg

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 coexists with the technological, superscale freeway interchange.". Due to the Cal Poly Pomona's proximity to the Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 district of Hollywood

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

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, the building has been displayed on films such as Gattaca

Gattaca

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, Impostor

Impostor (film)

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, as well as several TV commercials for products such as cars and cell phones.

The CLA building sits directly above the San Jose Hills

San Jose Hills

The San Jose Hills are a part of the Transverse Ranges located in Eastern Los Angeles County, California, marking the border between the San Gabriel Valley and the Pomona Valley in the Inland Empire. It includes portions of Covina, West Covina, Walnut, Pomona, and San Dimas.- Geology :The San Jose...

 fault and has the second-highest seismic "risk score" of 72.94, in the California State University

California State University

The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the...

 system, after a building at CSU East Bay

California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...

. It suffered no structural damage as a result of the July 29, 2008 Chino Hills earthquake, a magnitude 5.4. It has leaked water since it was completed in 1993, and connections and beams at the building do not meet California earthquake safety standards. It needs so much work that university officials are contemplating tearing it down.