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How high ceilings became the super-rich status symbol of 2022
piano nobile is to create new luxury residences with the same exaggerated sense of height. “It’s a sacrifice from the developer’s point of view, as they can fit in fewer properties, but buyers crave volume,” says Ian Pidgeon, a partner at Knight Frank. Some of the most spectacular examples are converted schools, such as The Sloane Building, a former Edwardian school in Chelsea, whose vast old hall has become one gargantuan residence, with bedrooms set on a mezzanine floor where the classrooms once stood.
