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Lectures on Architecture and History of Savannah

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SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

On Monday, architects Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo of FOA: Foreign Office Architects will give a lecture at 6:30 p.m. at Perloff Hall at UCLA’s School of Architecture and Design. (310) 825-7857.

* On Tuesday at 7 p.m., art historian and author Susan Sully will lecture on “Savannah Style: Mystery and Manners,” as part of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Decorative Arts Council Curators’ Choice lecture series, focusing on the history of one of America’s oldest and most architecturally rich cities. $10 for arts council members; $15 general admission. LACMA is at 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles. (323) 857-6528.

* Starting Wednesday from 2:30-3 p.m., public radio station KCRW-FM (89.9) will air a new program, “DNA: Design and Architecture.” Architecture and design writer Frances Anderton will host the show, which will air the first Wednesday of every month.

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* On Wednesday, Tomaso Bradshaw and Chris Mercier with Fred Adickes of Gehry Partners, Santa Monica, and Architectural Division, CTEK Creative Technologies, Santa Ana, will give a lecture at 7:30 p.m. at SCI-Arc, 960 E. 3rd St., in downtown LA. (213) 613-2200.

* On April 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Los Angeles Conservancy will sponsor a self-driving neighborhood and house tour of seven historic L.A. areas. Featured are Angelino Heights, Banning Park, Miracle Mile North, South Carthay, University Park, West Adams-Normandie and Western Heights. To order tickets, send a self-addressed stamped envelope and check payable to L.A. Conservancy, 523 W. 6th St., L.A. 90014. Conservancy members pay $25 each; nonmembers $30. (213) 623-3909.

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Kathy Bryant may be reached at: kbryant@socal.rr.com.

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