Architectural Design, August 1957

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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Theo Crosby
Theo Crosby was a designer, architect, sculptor and writer. He was born in 1925 and from 1953-62 he was the Technical Editor of Architectural Design and from 1973-1994 he was a founding partner of Pentagram Design. Explore related designers including Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes. See also Pentagram and British Modernism.
Architectural Design
Architectural Design (AD) is a UK-based architectural journal that was first published in 1930 under the name Architectural Design and Construction. Currently published by John Wiley & Sons, it has been edited by Helen Castle since 2001.

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