what is the difference between an attic and a loft?

Answer 1

a loft is an open area, and an Attic is enclosed and generally not inhabitable.

Answer 2

Attic And Loft

Answer 3

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what is the difference between an attic and a loft?

Answer 4

An attic is a space within a roof where the ceiling follows the line of the roof, a loft is a space between the top storey and the roof.

Answer 5

Attic

An attic is an area found directly below the roof of a building[1] (also called a "garret", a "hayloft", a "sky parlor", and a "loft").[2] As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and most often a slanted roof , they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult to access corners. While some attics are finished as bedrooms or home offices, complete with windows and staricases, most attics remain hard to get to, neglected, and are typically used for storage. Attics can also help control temperature in a house by providing a large mass of unmoving air. Hot air rising from lower floors of a building often gets traped in the attic further compounding their reputation for in hospitability.

Loft

A loft, in the sense of the word meaning "attic."For other uses, see Loft (disambiguation).
The term loft mainly refers to two different types of rooms:

An upper room or story in a building, directly under the roof, used either for storage (as in most private houses), for a specific purpose, e.g. an "organ loft" in a church, or to sleep in (sleeping loft). In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic.
A large adaptable open space in a factory, warehouse or other commercial space, or a type of residence that results from the conversion of such a room. Such spaces generally contain very high ceilings, large windows, and concrete floors and ceilings.
Originally popular with artists, they are now highly sought-after by well-off bourgeois bohemians, and the gentrification of the former manufacturing sectors of large cities is now a familiar pattern. One such sector is Manhattan's Meatpacking District. The adoption of the Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (2001) in the City of Los Angeles (primarily the Artist District) is another example of such legislation to encourage the conversion of no longer economically viable industrial and commercial buildings to luxurious residential loft communities. Such is the demand for these spaces among the well-off that real estate developers have taken to creating ready-made "lofts" in urban areas that are gentrifying or that seem primed to do so. While some of these units are created by developers during the extensive and costly renovation of old buildings, a number of them are included in the floor plans of brand new developments. Both types of pre-fab loft offer wealthy buyers or renters the proximity to urban amenities afforded by traditional lofts, but without the perceived safety risks of living in economically depressed industrial areas. Detractors argue that these ready-made units are neither produced nor consumed in the spirit of traditional loft living.

Buildings and factories are being converted to lofts or condominiums in urban centres in Canada, as business and industries move out of the urban core.

Answer 6

Hi,, I would say that a attic is enclosed,,and a loft is open space....

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Answer 7

Guessing - There are permanent stairs to an Attic, but removeable to aloft?

Answer 8

they both hae the same purposes of being a spare room of space at the top of the roofing of the house, yet they are spelt differently.

Answer 9

I don't think there's any difference. It's like, what's the difference between a cellar and a basement?

Answer 10

Nothing.