Meaning of view shaft | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The council environment enforcement services manager, John MacLachlan, said the proposal appeared to satisfy⟳ most of the immediate amenity concerns, and that adverse effects on the environment would be minor. “For example, the impact on identified view⟳ shafts is not a factor.””

“'Notably intrusive for its bulk and massing in a dominant position is the "urban wall" of the Cotton Building,' commented a City Council-commissioned report⟳ on protecting the integrity of the urban skyline and view⟳ shafts in the mid-1980s.”

“In contrast to it, however, the under-scaled entrance, the playful use⟳ of geometric shapes and the unexpected glimpses of bustling activity provided by narrow view⟳ shafts added the humanist qualities that Beaven so particularly valued.”

“A thousand view⟳ shafts are carved from a solid wall; each line of sight emanating from within and terminating in the surrounding landscape.”

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