view shaft

English

Noun

view shaft (plural view shafts)

1. Alternative form of viewshaft
   • 1995 December 7, “Midland tower decision due”, in The Dominion:

     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.”

   • 1999, Rachel Barrowman, Victoria University of Wellington, 1899-1999: A History, →ISBN, page 142:

     '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.

   • 2008, Julia Gatley, Long Live the Modern: New Zealand's New Architecture, 1904-1984:

     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.

   • 2008, Emily Abruzzo, Eric Ellingsen, Jonathan D. Solomon, Models, →ISBN:

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