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In US usage, a loft is an upper room or storey 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 that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.
Partial soft story collapse due to inadequate shear strength at ground level during the Loma Prieta earthquake.. A soft story building is a multi-story building in which one or more floors have windows, wide doors, large unobstructed commercial spaces, or other openings in places where a shear wall would normally be required for stability as a matter of earthquake engineering design.
Loft is a traditional two-storey wooden building preserved mostly in Norway. A loft was used for storage and sleeping, and is known since the early Middle Ages. [4] [5] [6] Loft buildings dating from around 1200 are preserved in rural areas. Lofts were typically built in log technique, unlike the post and lintel construction
Stadium Lofts is unique for its chain-link balconies, exposed concrete floors and, of course, the original baseball field, which was kept intact. Watson and Cox even kept the scoreboard, the old ...
A loft or mezzanine is also the uppermost space in a building, but is distinguished from an attic in that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft or mezzanine covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor. [citation needed] Attics are found in many different shapes and sizes.
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LOFT's loungewear brand Lou & Grey is known for its array of comfy basics, including this pair of stretchy leggings. On sale for $35.97 (40% off from $59.95), the breathable fabric effortlessly ...
The length of the toggles is the total width of the flat minus the combined width of the stiles (3 feet 7 inches or 1.09 metres, for a 4 by 8 feet or 1.2 by 2.4 metres, soft-cover flat constructed of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches or 64 millimetres, stiles). Corner blocks are used to join the corners of a soft-cover