Definitions
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- noun architecture An open
shaft that transmitslight from above into astaircase or an inner room
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Examples
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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
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One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.
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One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.
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One friend of mine wants to line the walls of her lightwell with vertical gardens.
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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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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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