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Architectural Design, August 1957

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Cover: The fame of Pier Luigi Nervi, Italy’s greatest engineer, rest mainly on his exciting roofs for hangers, and especially on the great ferrocement vault over the Turin Exhibition Hall. It is the ideal image for a number devoted to problems of roofing, mainly with new materials.

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Theo Crosby
  • Year: 1957
  • Size: 235mm x 302mm

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Architectural Design, August 1957. Cover design Theo Crosby
Architectural Design, August 1957. Cover design Theo Crosby
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