Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden
Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a "rigid" home. More
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McLeod Bovell uses cantilevers in "fortress-like" West Vancouver house
Local design studio McLeod Bovell has completed a seaside home with a dramatic cantilever and multiple lightwells in West Vancouver, British Columbia. More
Bindloss Dawes maximises light and space in London mews house
Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge "a sense of volume and theatre". More
Point Supreme Architects uses colour to define different functions in Athens apartment
A previously hidden central lightwell funnels light into this formerly dark and enclosed apartment in Athens designed by local architects Point Supreme Architects. More
Jean Verville Architecte inserts gridded steel lightwell into Montreal home
Canadian studio Jean Verville Architecte has created a theatrical interior inside a Montreal house by adding a large steel structure capped by a skylight that casts dramatic shadows. More
Wutopia inserts inverted triangular lightwell into book shop
Architecture studio Wutopia Lab has renovated the Hubei Foreign Language Bookstore in Wuhan, China, inserting a shard-like glass lightwell that pierces through six stories. More
Flow Architecture lines stairwell of London house conversion with timber slats
Flow Architecture and Maria Grazia Savito Architects have wrapped timber slats around the lightwell of a Victorian house conversion in Kensington, London. More
Look on the bright side with our light-filled Pinterest boards
Daylight Saving Time has ended in the northern hemisphere, but this week's featured Pinterest boards are here to bring some light into your day. Lighten up with impressive installations and flood your room with skylights and lightwells so you're never left in the dark. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
Atelier Tao+C inserts lightwell to brighten interiors of traditional Shanghai lane house
Beijing practice Atelier Tao+C has inserted a narrow light shaft into the centre of this 1930s home in Shanghai to illuminate its light-starved rooms. More
Pivoting louvres conceal windows set into brick facade of mews house by Belsize Architects
A lightwell, a glass staircase and large windows set behind wooden louvres help to bring natural light into this four-bedroom house, which Belsize Architects squeezed onto a small plot in a traditional mews near London's Hyde Park. More
Kientruc O carves elliptical lightwell between Vietnamese house and its extension
An elongated lightwell has been cut through this 1940s house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which has been renovated by locally based architecture studio Kientruc O. More
10 homes that make clever use of lightwells to bring daylight in
We've selected 10 popular projects from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that show how lightwells can be used to channel daylight down into parts of the home where windows are limited. More
Welsh + Major slots lightwell between Sydney cottage and its brick extension
A tree grows up through a lightwell that Australian studio Welsh + Major has added to this house in Sydney, and topped with an opening glass roof. More
Lightwell House by Kimizuka Architects
Lightwell House is a recently completed residence in Tokyo, Japan, designed by Tokyo-based Kimizuka Architects. More
DVF Studio by Work Architecture Company
Work Architecture Company have completed the headquarters for fashion label Diane von Furstenberg Studio in New York's Meatpacking District. More