viewshaft
viewshaft noun: a gap between buildings or other visual obstructions that allows a view of something scenic.
Noun
viewshaft (plural viewshafts)
- A gap between buildings or other visual obstructions that allows a view of something scenic.
- Enthusiastically adopted by city planners, the viewshafts have survived a quarter-century of growth. Plenty of developers have cursed Turner’s viewshafts but few have challenged them.2002 November 16, Geoff Cumming, “Showdown over city’s volcano zones”, in The New Zealand Herald
- My fundamental concern is that we don’t make essentially irreversible decisions to develop the waterfront in ways which we will not be happy with in 10 to 30 years’ time. I want to preserve viewshafts of the harbour, minimise the loss of public space to private ventures, and not have too many...2003 July 26, “Who can you trust with the waterfront?”, in The Dominion Post
Examples of viewshaft in a sentence
- I want to preserve viewshafts of the harbour, minimise the loss of public space to private ventures, and not have too many buildings cluttering the unique and wonderful harbour edge.2003 July 26, “Who can you trust with the waterfront?”, in The Dominion Post:
- Older layers and traces of history in the city are covered or removed or being transformed beyond recognition, viewshafts are being disturbed or eliminated.2010, Stephanie Herold, Reading the City: Urban Space and Memory in Skopje, →ISBN, page 44:
- The wonder of the grid design, enabling the viewshafts to mountains and Port Hills; the grid allowing a sense of orientation across the convolutions of the Otakaro-Avon River.2014, Barnaby Bennett, Ryan Reynolds, James Dann, Once in a Lifetime: City-building after disaster in Christchurch, →ISBN:
Forms of viewshaft
| plural | viewshafts |
|---|---|
| alternative form | view shaft |
Origin of viewshaft
From view + shaft.
Questions about viewshaft
- What does viewshaft mean?
- Viewshaft means a gap between buildings or other visual obstructions that allows a view of something scenic.
- How do you use viewshaft in a sentence?
- I want to preserve viewshafts of the harbour, minimise the loss of public space to private ventures, and not have too many buildings cluttering the unique and wonderful harbour edge.
- What part of speech is viewshaft?
- Viewshaft is a noun.
- What is the plural of viewshaft?
- The plural of viewshaft is viewshafts.
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