The superyacht of the future: Stunning ship with a skeletal structure that's set to be on every billionaire's shopping list
- The stunning superyacht has been designed by multiple-award-winning Iraqi-born Briton Dame Zaha Hadid
- Dame Zaha was the brains behind the Aquatic Centre for the London Olympics and Glasgow's Riverside Museum
- She has teamed up with German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss to create a fleet of six different superyachts
By STEVE NOLAN
With its sleek weave of intertwining curves and its spacecraft-like design, it looks more akin to Beijing's famous 'Bird's Nest' Olympic stadium than something that would take to the open water.
But this is the superyacht of the future, likely to become the latest plaything for the uber-rich and the envy of everyone else who will be unable to afford it.
This is the first yacht designed by award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid, the brains behind the iconic Aquatics Centre built in London for last summer's Olympics.
This is the first yacht designed by award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid, the brains behind the iconic Aquatics Centre built in London for the 2012 Olympics
Stunning: The Iraqi-born British-based architect designed a family of the futuristic superyachts for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss
All the mod cons: How a covered swimming pool might look on one of the yachts. Four of the smaller yachts in the fleet will be customised according to their owner's wishes
The Iraqi-born British-based architect designed a family of the futuristic superyachts for German shipbuilders Blohm+Voss.
The upper mesh structure - which has been compared to a skeleton - of the stunning design connects the different decks of the 90m vessels.
Dwarfing the five 'smaller' yachts is a design for a 128m 'mothership'.
The first of the smaller designs, which will be known as the Jazz, has been transformed into a fully workable design.
It combines a sharp torpedo-like prow with a more open back.
The rest of the fleet will be customised according to their owner's desires.
Sleek: The upper 'mesh-like' structure of the stunning design connects the different decks of the 90m vessels
Ready to go: The first of the smaller designs, which will be known as the Jazz, has been transformed into a fully workable design
Beautiful: 'Each yacht is an engineered platform that integrates specific hydrodynamic and structural demands together with the highest levels of comfort, spatial quality and safety,' according to its designer
She told Dezeen: 'As a dynamic object that moves in dynamic environments, the design of a yacht must incorporate additional parameters beyond those for architecture – which all become much more extreme on water.
'Each yacht is an engineered platform that integrates specific hydrodynamic and structural demands together with the highest levels of comfort, spatial quality and safety.'
The 2004 Pritzer Architecture Prize winner has previously won worldwide acclaim for some of her iconic buildings.
She famously designed the Aquatic Centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games and the futuristic Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
Family of yachts: The fleet will feature a larger 'mothership' and five other smaller yachts
Unique: Although Zaha Hadid has designed a speedboat before, she has never drawn up plans for a superyacht
Award winning: As well as the Pritzer Prize, the yacht's designer Ms Hadid has won the Sterling Prize twice in 2010 and 2011 for the MAXXI building and the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, London
Among some of her other more famous works are the Roca London Gallery, the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany, and the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome.
As well as the Pritzer Prize, Ms Hadid has won the Sterling Prize twice in 2010 and 2011 for the MAXXI building and the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, London.
Her involvement in Olympic architecture doesn't end with the London Games. Hadid has been commissioned to draw up plans for the revamped National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, which hosted the 1964 summer Games and will host them again in 2020.
Award winner: Dame Zaha Hadid has won global critical acclaim for several of her stunning designs including the Roca London Gallery and the Evelyn Grace Academy in London
Masterpiece: One of Dame Zaha's most iconic designs was the Aquatic Centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Magnificent: The £74million Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, was designed by Dame Zaha
She was also made a Dame in 2012 for services to architecture having already been awarded a CBE ten years earlier.
As well as buildings and boats, Dame Zaha recently designed a fancy bottle for a limited edition wine produced by Leo Hillinger.
Her forays into design have also seen her help create vases, cars, and jewellery.
Dame Zaha has previously designed a limited-edition speedboat for American art dealer Kenny Schachter.
Acclaim: Dame Zaha won a Sterling Award for designing the MAXXI, a museum in Rome
Remarkable: Dame Zaha was also the brains behind the Evelyn Grace Academy in London, pictured
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