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Project Name: M/Y ALKHOR

Date Completed: October 2020

Exterior Designer: Benetti

Interior Designer: Luxury Projects – Laura Pomponi

Shipyard: Benetti

Associated: Yachtline Interiors

Classic elegance with strong masculine exterior lines and features, for a modern straight bow vessel. M/Y Alkhor is based on a proven platform by Benetti with a very specific layout following the owner’s requests. She is a 70 metre yacht with all the features of an 80+ metre yacht. Working closely with the owner, Luxury Projects created photorealistic renders in order to define every detail already in the concept phase, where ceilings have innovative shapes and lighting has a centre role in the whole project.

The client specifically instructed Luxury Projects that the design and actual execution needed to be absolutely faithful. Right from the drafting of the project into the choice of furnishing and materials, throughout the whole design and build process Luxury Projects used the high-resolution renders to inform the client every step of the way of the design process. The result is that the actual real photos and renders of the initial design hardly differ from each other except for some very small details. Six guest cabins in the lower deck were a particular challenge for all the team as well as including an extra butler/bodyguard cabin in the main deck. In the guest cabins the feeling of spaciousness is expanded with the glass wardrobes that give a wider feeling of space.

MY Alkhor is really a unique yacht where every single detail has been designed from scratch with a great attention to functionality and innovation all in harmony for a beautiful aesthetical result. In the Lower Deck, the Beach Club is internally and externally connected with the aft platform and the outdoor transom pool where you can regulate the level of the bottom of the pool: transforming from an amazing pool of 1.2 metres deep, to a floor that is levelled with the deck which can be used as a disco floor or sunbathing area during the day with loose sunbeds or chairs. The 270-degree view in the lounge area of the owner’s cabin is phenomenal. The view over the front deck is incredible, the light and the reflection of it as it enters the room is magical.

To fulfil the client’s wish to have a warm and calm interior but also light and modern, Luxury Projects needed to work with natural colours and materials, no shiny or glittery stuff, no patterns. The number of materials was therefore limited, and the same theme was used throughout the yacht in order to create a uniform style & atmosphere.