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| An appeal against convention – convention in thinking, convention in building and convention in living. They are a celebration of open concept living and unconventional spaces brought about by the considered application of imagination and a rejection of mass-market housing. |
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Large open space with high ceilings and big windows; typically found in former commercial buildings that were converted to residential. |
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A living space not partitioned into rooms, or a small space built above a larger room. |
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A floor consisting of a large, un-partitioned space over a factory, warehouse or other commercial space. |
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Hard lofts – older, former commercial/industrial use buildings such as factories, warehouses, schools, and churches converted into unique residential living spaces. |
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Soft lofts – structures built new from the ground up, incorporating interesting loft characteristics such as high ceilings, large windows and open-concept designs. |
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