We know, we know — we’re not sure how to describe it, either.
This 420-foot concept superyacht from German builder Blohm + Voss, working in partnership with Iraqi-born designer Dame Zaha Hadid out of Britain, has been described as everything from skeletal to a bird’s nest. For some reason we see a spider’s web, or maybe a lump of linguine. But we are looking, as are a lot of other people, wondering which of the world’s billionaires might want to make Jazz a reality.
Zaha Hadid may not be a well-known name in yachting circles, but she is the brains behind the Aquatic Centre that was built for the London Olympics (and whose roof looks, from some angles, like a massive stingray) as well as the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland (whose roof looks, from pretty much all angles, like a giant metal Slip ’n Slide).
The designer obviously has a penchant for bird’s-eye views unlike any other and sees no reason to stick with the standard sundeck featuring hot tub and wet bar in envisioning her first superyacht from a helicopter’s vantage point.
The 420-foot design is a model for five additional, 295-foot designs that are similar in style to the prototype. Blohm + Voss of course brings serious yachting pedigree to the project, being the shipyard that launched everything from the 536-foot Eclipse to the 394-foot A.
And here we thought A was hard to describe when we first saw her launch in 2008. Apparently, the past five years have led some designers to truly think space age.
Photos courtesy of Blohm and Voss. Learn more at www.blohmvoss.com.
