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O U R ST O RY
Award-winning naval architect and yacht designer, Philippe
Briand and his wife Veerle Battiau are the creative forces
behind Vitruvius Yachts.
Philippe Briand has been conceiving high-performance,
visionary yachts since his childhood days, sailing in
La Rochelle, France.
His technical excellence and precision, accompanied by a
strong artistic flair and talent for driving innovative design
trends in the yachting market, have continued to evolve over
what is arguably the most prolific and acclaimed career of
any yacht designer today. With 34 international yacht design
awards and over 12,000 boats built to date this makes him
the ideal person to design and engineer the perfect yacht.
Philippe Briand’s successes have created a loyal client base
of extremely discerning owners wanting bespoke designs,
as well as encouraging a new generation of owners who
are attuned to his prioritisation of sustainable, intelligent
design solutions, with efficient and long-range green
technologies. Veerle focuses on the comfort and style of
the family on board and how they can get maximum
enjoyment in a sophisticated setting.
While Briand continues to design some of the fastest and
most elegant sailing yachts as Philippe Briand Ltd it is with his
wife Veerle that they have developed the perfect motor yachts
for owners wanting a different type of ocean experience.
Together their complementary skills have created this truly
innovative family of Vitruvius motor yachts, always responding
to a client’s desires.
With offices in London and La Rochelle, France, Philippe
Briand works to exceed the expectations of his widely
international clients as they put their dreams into reality.
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