Glossary · P
Piano nobile
Also called principal floor
The “noble floor”: the principal storey of an Italian palace or villa, containing the main reception rooms, raised above a basement or ground floor of service rooms.
See also: Rustication
Where it appears in the book
A feature of Palladian architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Peripteral · Peristyle · Perpendicular tracery · Perron · Picturesque · Pietra dura · Pilaster · Pilotis