Design Calendar

Tonight at 7:30 p.m., urban historian Kazys Varnelis will give a talk titled “Towers of Concentration, Lines of Growth; How Telcom Hotels and Fiber Optic Lines Shape the Contemporary City.” The event is sponsored by the Center for Land Use Interpretation, a research organization with an office at 9331 Venice Blvd., Culver City. Varnelis’ presentation is in conjunction with “One Wilshire: Telco Hotel Central,” an exhibit of still and moving images of the Pacific Coast’s telecommunications hub. The exhibit continues through Sunday. For more information, call (310) 839-5722; clui.org.

* On Friday, Austrian architectural photographer Gerald Zugmann will talk about his new exhibition catalog, “Gerald Zugmann: Blue Universe” (Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2002, $39), from 6 to 8 p.m. at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture. The book serves as a companion to his traveling exhibition, which continues through Sept. 8 at the center. There is no admission charge for the book signing.

The MAK center is in the Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood. Parking is available at the public garage on the northeast corner of Kings Road and Santa Monica Boulevard. For more information, call (323) 651-1510; www.makcen ter.com.

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