AVANTAGE’s 88-metre design gives Bannenberg & Rowell responsibility for both exterior and interior, creating a coherent private-yacht commission.
AVANTAGE demonstrates how a single design studio can guide the relationship between a yacht’s exterior and interior from the beginning. Delivered by Lürssen in 2020, the 88-metre vessel was created to a design by Bannenberg & Rowell, producing a contemporary private environment with a consistent design direction.
One studio across the design brief
Lürssen’s official record credits Bannenberg & Rowell Design with the yacht’s design, rather than describing a generic production hull furnished by an unrelated studio. This gives the project a single starting point for the way its guest rooms and exterior profile relate.
A coherent design approach need not make every room identical. The practical aim is that transitions between indoor living areas and open decks feel like parts of the same commissioned environment.
The scale of private living
At 88 metres, AVANTAGE has the length to support separate guest and service zones, as well as multiple exterior settings for different activities. Whether people prefer a quiet room or a larger gathering place, the arrangement of circulation matters just as much as the amount of deck area.
The builder’s public profile does not itemise current art collections, individual cabin decorations or the private owner’s daily routine. This feature concentrates on the documented design partnership and dimensions rather than inventing those details.
A modern yacht with an established record
The 2020 delivery places AVANTAGE among recent bespoke Lürssen projects without making her a new September 2026 build. An archive design profile is useful for understanding the relationship between architectural authorship and private life at sea, but it is not a current-sale notice.
Comparing the yacht with other commissions from the same studio can reveal recurring interests in proportion and materials without treating two separate vessels as sisterships. AVANTAGE retains her own hull identity and original brief.
Image and attribution
The accompanying official Lürssen photograph depicts AVANTAGE herself and has not been assigned to another live story across the yacht sites. It is used as an archive illustration, not as a picture of an undisclosed event or recent ownership change.
The official builder profile supplies the name, length, designers and delivery year. Further claims about later outfitting or personal use would need another dated and yacht-specific source.
Official sources: www.lurssen.com. Historical delivery milestones and existing yacht-design features are identified as such, not presented as new events today.