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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  • 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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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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  • Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
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Lightwell if there is a roof window above,
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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.




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The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.






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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.




enter image description here



(Cambridge Dictionary)



The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.






share|improve this answer



















  • 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















up vote
8
down vote



accepted










I think you are referring to
stairwell:






a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.




enter image description here



(Cambridge Dictionary)



The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.






share|improve this answer



















  • 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













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up vote
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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.




enter image description here



(Cambridge Dictionary)



The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.






share|improve this answer














I think you are referring to
stairwell:






a long, vertical passage through a building around which a set of stairs is built.




enter image description here



(Cambridge Dictionary)



The idea of “shaft” has been commonly referred to as “well” referring to stairs from about mid-1800.







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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














  • 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








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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




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




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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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