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  • noun architecture An open shaft that transmits light from above into a staircase or an inner room

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Examples

  • The home has three bedrooms and astonishing architectural space, the highlight of which is undoubtedly and internal lightwell that serves all four storeys and is complemented by a water feature that gives the sense of tropical tranquillity.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

  • She wrote this song about a homeless musician who lived in a lightwell in a house in Carlton.

    OFF THE RECORD 2008

  • She wrote this song about a homeless musician who lived in a lightwell in a house in Carlton.

    OFF THE RECORD 2008

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