Loft | loft meaning
AformerwarehouseforprintingpressesconvertedtoaloftapartmentonChicagosNearWestSideAUS-senseloft;theadditionalstorycoversonlyafewrooms,leavingoneormoresidesopentothelowerfloorAloftcanbeanupperstoreyoratticinabuilding,directlyundertheroof(U.Susage)orjustastoragespaceundertheroofusuallyaccessedbyaladder(Britishusage).Aloftapartmentreferstolargeadaptableopenspace,oftenconvertedforresidentialuse(aconvertedloft)fromsomeotheruse,oftenlightindustrial.Addingtotheconfusion,someconvertedloftsincludeuppe...
A former warehouse for printing presses converted to a loft apartment on Chicagos Near West Side A US-sense loft; the additional story covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floorA loft can be an upper storey or attic in a building, directly under the roof (U.S usage) or just a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (British usage). A loft apartment refers to large adaptable open space, often converted for residential use (a converted loft) from some other use, often light industrial. Adding to the confusion, some converted lofts include upper open loft areas. Within certain upper loft areas exist even further lofts, which may contain loft areas of their own, and so forth.
Loft and attic[edit]In U.S usage a loft is an upper room or story in a building, mainly in a barn, directly under the roof, used for storage (as in most private houses). In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic, the major difference being ...