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- noun architecture Plural form of
lightwell .
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Examples
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A guard directs you down the stairs to a sub-lobby, which is all gleaming granite and with lightwells letting in the sun.
Shiny new permit maryrobinette 2008
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Directly below that thrilling space, there are cosy bedrooms, the main ones ingeniously lit by lightwells cut through the brick at steep angles.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Glancey 2010
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Directly below that thrilling space, there are cosy bedrooms, the main ones ingeniously lit by lightwells cut through the brick at steep angles.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Glancey 2010
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Vertical glass lightwells with reflecting pools at their base appear throughout the structure, truly bringing light, weather and nature to the interior space, while walls of windows overlook a glorious garden.
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Two staircase lightwells are naturally lit, one by a large rooflight, the other with a 5.5 metre high window.
Dezeen 2009
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Been a while since we mentioned the idea of getting sunlight into spaces bereft of windows, via lightwells, or lightpipes.
TreeHugger 2009
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Been a while since we mentioned the idea of getting sunlight into spaces bereft of windows, via lightwells, or lightpipes.
TreeHugger 2009
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Been a while since we mentioned the idea of getting sunlight into spaces bereft of windows, via lightwells, or lightpipes.
TreeHugger 2009
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