[4] In 1927 his third son, Hubert de Cronin Hastings, became joint editor (with Christian Berman) of both The Architectural Review and the Architects' Journal, a weekly.

Contributors from other artistic fields were brought in, among them Hilaire Belloc, Robert Byron, Cyril Connolly, D. H. Lawrence, Paul Nash, Nikolaus Pevsner, P. Morton Shand, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, and Evelyn Waugh.

[3] The design of the review was innovative, with bold use of layout, typefaces and photographs; graphic elements were commissioned from Eric Gill and Edward Bawden.

[1] The journal was influential after the Second World War in raising awareness of "townscape" (urban design), partly through regular articles by assistant editor Gordon Cullen, author of several books on the subject.

[7] The Architectural Review remains in print, published ten times per year, while its online version is updated daily.