What is the space in between flights of stairs where you can see all the way down called?
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The space between flights of stairs that is kinda like a tunnel of sorts. Or a shaft. Does it have a name? It needs a name. Maybe this should be posted on a architecture page.
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The space between flights of stairs that is kinda like a tunnel of sorts. Or a shaft. Does it have a name? It needs a name. Maybe this should be posted on a architecture page.
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
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The space between flights of stairs that is kinda like a tunnel of sorts. Or a shaft. Does it have a name? It needs a name. Maybe this should be posted on a architecture page.
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The space between flights of stairs that is kinda like a tunnel of sorts. Or a shaft. Does it have a name? It needs a name. Maybe this should be posted on a architecture page.
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asked Dec 1 at 6:21
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
– Ian
Dec 1 at 17:05
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
– Ian
Dec 1 at 17:05
Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
– Ian
Dec 1 at 17:05
Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
– Ian
Dec 1 at 17:05
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I think you are referring to
stairwell:
a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.
answered Dec 1 at 6:24
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This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
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Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
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I think you are referring to
stairwell:
a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.
answered Dec 1 at 6:24
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This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
2
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
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8
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I think you are referring to
stairwell:
a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.
answered Dec 1 at 6:24
user240918
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This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
2
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
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up vote
8
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I think you are referring to
stairwell:
a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.
answered Dec 1 at 6:24
user240918
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I think you are referring to
stairwell:
a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.
(Cambridge Dictionary)
The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.
answered Dec 1 at 6:24
user240918
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This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
2
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
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2
This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
2
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
2
2
This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
This is not quite correct. A stairwell is bounded by the exterior of the stairs, not the interior; it includes the space taken by the stairs themselves. If there's another word for the interior space, I haven't been able to find it.
– Xerxes
Dec 1 at 15:35
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
@Xerxes - it is still a stairwell. If you fall down a stairwell, that’s the shaft you are falling in.
– user240918
Dec 1 at 16:03
2
2
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
Not all stairwells have an open space like this. Sometimes there are flights in alternating directions with a very narrow gap between them, and sometimes that gap is filled by a wall. Still, I would probably use the word "stairwell" when describing the middle part of this picture.
– David K
Dec 1 at 17:43
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
– Ian
Dec 1 at 17:05