Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
5. single built works (built environment)
6. [single built works by specific type]
7. [single built works by design]
8. loft buildings

Anotations

Scope note:

Lou is generally understood to mean a multi-story building (two stories or more) or a loft-building (Kroll 2015, 281) elevated on a terrace or city wall. Historically, lou as a type of traditional architecture usually designates a building elevated either by means of multiple stories or man-made or natural platforms. The Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE) classic Shuowen jiezi defines lou as a structure with a layered wu 屋 (a roof, or a roofed structure).