topic Re: How to say in English? in Modeling

How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:33:54 GMT

Hi guys, I would like to know two architectural exressions in English. A friend of mine is putting together a resume about his works and we don't know how to say these in English.

1. The first one is when you have an attic under a roof which so far has been empty and now you build it in so there are now flats or apartments of whatever in that attic space. What is the official architectural term for that?
2. The second one is when you have an existing building with so many stories and you build one or more additional stories on top of those? What is the term for that one?

Thanks
Laszlo

Re: How to say in English?

Christiaan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:53:40 GMT

1. I'd call that a loft conversion

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:01:41 GMT

Christiaan wrote:
1. I'd call that a loft conversion

Hi Christiaan,
I thought a loft is like an old industrial building with big spaces and big story heights that is being converted into a dwelling.
However, this is an attic situated below a sloping roof.
Can it be called "attic conversion"?

Re: How to say in English?

Christiaan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:11:23 GMT

Attic conversion should be fine, but as far as I know the British call them loft conversions.

What country is your friend applying in? They might be referred to differently there.

Re: How to say in English?

Christiaan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:13:03 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loft_conversion

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:55:01 GMT

Aha, looks good.
I will suggest him to write "attic/loft coversions".
Could "story addition" be appropriate for my second question?

By the way, he is just putting stuff together but has no specific country targeted yet.

Re: How to say in English?

Christiaan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:39:48 GMT

Storey addition sounds reasonable to me.

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:56:58 GMT

OK, thanks for your help.

Re: How to say in English?

Christiaan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:28:41 GMT

No problem.

Re: How to say in English?

Rick Thompson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:38:38 GMT

In the US, back when I did a lot of renovation work, they were called "finished attic", or "converted attic". A "loft" here generally refers to converted commercial space into living units. If someone told me they designed "lofts" I would assume converted commercial space.

Funny thing though, which makes it all somewhat meaningless, is a one story house with a finished room under the roof, and built that way, is simply a one and a half story. The same one story house that later has the attic finished, is a house with a finished attic:)

Best use a few adjectives.... |ˈajiktiv| noun Grammar... a word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Re: How to say in English?

Erika Epstein — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:24:05 GMT

I agree with Rick.
As for question #2, depending on what you are adding here they are sometimes called Penthouse additions. These are for separate unit(s) added on top of the roof.
If you are adding stories to a house, not for a separate unit(s) this wouldn't apply. Perhaps Rick knows of a particular name for this other than adding-up or adding stories?

Re: How to say in English?

Rick Thompson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:31:17 GMT

Erika wrote:
I agree with Rick.
If you are adding stories to a house, not for a separate unit(s) this wouldn't apply. Perhaps Rick knows of a particular name for this other than adding-up or adding stories?

A really big major renovation project. You can quote me on that one

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:17:37 GMT

It is usually one or more full stories built on top of existing stories, so I think "story addition" will do.
Thanks guys.

Re: How to say in English?

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:04:28 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
It is usually one or more full stories built on top of existing stories, so I think "story addition" will do.
Thanks guys.

That'll do for the US, but for the rest of the English speaking world don't forget the "e".

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:13:18 GMT

Maybe I tell him to write "stor(e)y additions" so as to make it worldwide-compatible.

Re: How to say in English?

Rob — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:38 GMT

so the story about a storey is concluded...

Re: How to say in English?

Dwight — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:14:33 GMT

Tell them a ghost story.

Re: How to say in English?

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:32:14 GMT

What things an innocent question can lead to.

Re: How to say in English?

Djordje — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:43:15 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
What things an innocent question can lead to.

Quite

To quote a well known member of this community:

"I speak four languages: New Zealander, Australian, English and American!"

Quite true ... in his case

Re: How to say in English?

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:20:18 GMT

Djordje wrote:
laszlonagy wrote:
What things an innocent question can lead to.
Quite

To quote a well known member of this community:

"I speak four languages: New Zealander, Australian, English and American!"

Quite true ... in his case

Their all English language.....