Knud E. Hansen A/S - Ship design through seven decades

Bruce Peter.

Publication year 2007.

312 pages.

Knud E. Hansen A/S: Ship Design through Seven Decades is a design journey through the cutting edge of passenger ship naval architecture from 1937 to the present day. The company is widely acknowledged within the shipping world as one of the most innovative – and prolific – of ship design specialists. Unlike architects working on terra firma, however, naval architects have tended not to attract the attention of design historians and critics - but today, cruise ships and ferries make a vital contribution to modern life, transporting goods and people en masse and providing leisure and temporary escapism for millions around the world. Based on extensive primary and secondary research, the book is lavishly illustrated and covers every significant passenger vessel designed by Knud E. Hansen A/S since its foundation.