Pepperdine University

The Phillips Theme Tower at Pepperdine University, with the Pacific and the curve of Santa Monica Bay behind it. Pepperdine moved to these Malibu hills after a gift of land, and William Pereira's master plan, most of it completed in 1973, graded the slopes as little as possible so the buildings follow the hillside and its ocean views. The trade-off for that view is a campus built on slopes, so plan on some climbing between classes.