Meet the Superyacht Designer Creating World-Class Architecture
?We welcome every challenge to create an extraordinary design, and not only from our yacht clients,? says Luiz de Basto, head of the Miami-based DeBasto Designs studio, the brand responsible for the award-winning 90m Oceanco yacht DAR. ?If they (clients) are happy with their yacht, why not work with the same team on the new house, or airplane, or vice versa"?
DeBasto?a lifelong lover of art, cars, and architecture, is one of the great behemoths of the superyacht industry. He has consistently delivered over 200 custom yachts of all sizes for the world?s finest shipyards, for over three decades. Residential design and architecture, however, have long been a mainstay in his work. And his most recent project, a series of homes in Hawaii, come about as close to yacht design philosophy for a home as it gets. ?At the beginning of my career,? de Basto tells Upscale Living Magazine, ?I worked on residential, and commercial building projects, but the work in yacht design took over. The option of doing residences has always been a part of my practice, but we only do them when our yacht clients request us to do so. We just finished 3 houses on the big island. A former yacht client and friend asked us to design the interiors.?
One home in particular, ?Umbrella House,? is a modern, relaxed take on a home design made of pre-fab components and shipped in a container and assembled on location. The interior design and décor of the two other properties reflect decorative furnishings a...
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Upscale Living Magazine
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