Palladiana Terrazzo

Terrazzo has become a trending material to use in architecture and interior design projects around the world. You may have seen terrazzo used for floors, counters, bar tops, and walls. The material has received mass attention for its unique style, and the design patterns are starting to show up in other common goods such as clothing, handbags, kitchenware, and more. However, there is one particular type of terrazzo that clearly stands out from other floors – Palladiana Terrazzo.

What is Palladiana Terrazzo?

Palladiana terrazzo is a type of mosaic finish incorporating the use of large marble slabs at 3/8″ to 1″ thick.  Installers will create a layout of the floor using the marble slabs and later fill in the joints between the slabs with standard terrazzo. The results are astonishing. Most terrazzo finishes use standard terrazzo today. However, the use of larger-sized aggregates can help to create a graphic-like effect. Venetian terrazzo is one of the latest trends in terrazzo, utilizing chips sizes #3 through #8 as part of the terrazzo design. Palladiana takes it one step more and uses marble slabs up to 15″ in dimension. The cost of terrazzo installations increases with the use of larger aggregates, such as Venetian and Palladiana Terrazzo. These floor styles change the perception that flooring is boring and make us believe that terrazzo can create a flooring surface that we’ve always dreamed of.

Making a Palladiana Terrazzo Floor

In this section, we will demonstrate how a Palladiana Terrazzo floor is put together. All photos were provided by Applied Green Technologies, Inc., a Division 9 specialty installer. Applied Green Technologies, Inc. is located in Miami, Florida. You can check out their projects by visiting their website www.appliedgreentechnologies.com/.

Miami and much of Florida use terrazzo for an interior floor finish. The photos you are about to see are the development of a local Miami resort.