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Loft building
Building with large unpartitioned floor areas often used for storage.

Log
(1) Any record of progress or occurrences. (2) A section of the trunk or a large branch of a felled tree, which can be used in building or for firewood.

Log cabin
An Early American frontier style of housing, constructed of logs, originally used during the settlement of the U.S. when lumber was not readily available.

Log law
In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the wind speed profile in which wind speeds increase with the logarithmic of the height of the wind turbine above the ground.

Log-construction
A form of timber construction in which walls are made of tree trunks (or logs planed down to create flat or rounded sides) that are laid horizontally on top of each another.

Loggia
An arcade or roofed gallery built into or projecting from the side of a building, particularly one overlooking an open court. It differs from a veranda or lanai because it is more a part of the main structure.

Logistics
The art of calculating material amounts and arranging their delivery to the proper place at the proper time.

Long day plant
A plant which requires light for a longer period than it would normally receive from daylight in order to induce flowering; e.g Saintpaulia.

Long l
Stairway that has two sets of steps, the first ending in a platform and the second set of stairs, often shorter, being accessed after a 90 degree turn on the platform.

Long lead
Long delay needed between an order being placed and the receipt of an item.

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