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Theo Crosby was the Technical Editor of Architectural Design magazine, from 1953-1962 and designed many covers for the magazine. Under its editor, Monica Pidgeon, the magazine was a consciously alternative voice to the Architectural Review.

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Art, Landscape
Gontran Goulden – Trade notes
HOUSES Special – France, West Germany, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, USA, Brazil, Australia
INTERIOR DESIGN
Museo Correr, Venice – Carlo Scarpa
F. F. Schliephacke, Light fitting

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Architectural Design, March 1962. Cover design by Theo Crosby
Architectural Design, March 1962. Cover design by Theo Crosby
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