Many yacht owners purchase second-hand vessels or series-production craft. However, some clients have more bespoke requirements. In response, our work may take one of three approaches: “Clean sheet of paper” designs; a vessel based on an proven technical platform; refits or conversions of existing vessels.
Architect and designer Richard Liebowitz refers to his lifetime of yachting, with several thousand hours of sea time, to inform his design decisions. Understanding the rigours of ocean journeys, and the structures which must withstand them, are the foundation of his draughtsmanship. Detailed operational insights from the superyacht captains and crews that operate them, are directly incorporated into the best solutions for our clients.
In each case, the client’s instruction, or Brief, is the guiding force. Toward that Brief, we aim to we help to orchestrate the project’s aesthetic focus, while respecting foundational shipbuilding practice, seagoing tradition, international class and code, and the best practices of safety at sea.
In recent years, Architect and designer Richard Liebowitz has expanded his significant lifelong yachting experience, with new adventures at sea on the types of ocean-going working ships that have been a particular inspiration to him.
Understanding the rigours – and dangers – of ocean journeys, is as essential to the design of vessels, as are the structural and practical principles that are the foundation of his draughtsmanship.
Detailed operational insights from the experienced captains and crews of such working ships can be prudently incorporated – and adapted – into the best solutions for enduring function and form at sea.
