THE JOURNAL
From the Studio — page 17
Room Guides
15 Open-Plan Kitchen and Living Room Layouts for Modern Flats
15 open-plan kitchen-living layouts for Kolkata flats, with materials, lighting, vastu, budgets, and timelines from Studio Contour's 330+ delivered projects.
Practical Guides & Ideas
Ageing-Friendly Home Modifications for Salt Lake Flats
A Studio Contour guide to ageing-friendly retrofits in Salt Lake flats: bathrooms, flooring, lighting, kitchens, and NKDA/Bidhannagar rules for ramps.
Hiring Guides
Architectural Consultancy for Plot Owners in New Town
A practical guide for New Town plot owners on hiring architectural consultancy, covering NKDA sanction, FAR and setback rules, and how architecture and interiors should be planned together.
Cost Guides
Builder Flat vs Resale Flat in New Town: The Interior Cost Reality
Builder flat vs resale flat in New Town: what actually differs in interior cost, from bare-shell wiring to false ceiling height, and what to budget for each.
Hiring Guides
Choosing an Architect for a Rental-Income Building in New Town
Choosing an architect for a rental-income building in New Town decides your yield for twenty years. Sumana Kumar of Studio Contour on FAR, parking, unit mix and NKDA sanction.
Hiring Guides
Concept to Working Drawings: What You Get at Each Architecture Stage
Concept to working drawings explained: what an architect in New Town, Salt Lake and Kolkata should deliver at every stage, and what it costs you to skip one.
Hiring Guides
Hiring a Coworking Space Designer in Salt Lake Sector V
Hiring a coworking space designer in Salt Lake Sector V means weighing freelancers, contractors and firms. Here's why Studio Contour's 330+ buildings and local approval expertise win.
Commercial & Workplace
Dental Clinic Interior Design in New Town and Salt Lake
A New Town and Salt Lake dentist's guide to dental clinic interior design: layout, NKDA/Bidhannagar compliance, materials, timelines, and costs, from a studio with 330+ buildings delivered.
Commercial & Workplace
Interior Design for IT Professionals Working in Sector V
A Studio Contour guide to interior design for Sector V IT professionals in Salt Lake, covering hybrid-work layouts, cooperative-flat renovation, materials, and timelines.
Commercial & Workplace
Interior Design Guide for IT-Corridor Flats Near Sector V
A practical interior design guide for Salt Lake flats near Sector V, covering space planning, kitchens, bathrooms, lighting, budget and timelines for IT-corridor homeowners.
Local Guides
Interior Planning for Gated Township Flats in Action Area II
A practical, New Town-specific guide to planning interiors for gated township flats in Action Area II, from layout constraints to Vastu, kitchens, and hiring sequence.
Practical Guides & Ideas
Interiors for Flats on the New Town Highway Belt
A New Town, Kolkata studio's field guide to interiors for flats on the highway belt, covering noise, glare, funnel-zone height limits, materials for monsoon, and layout fixes.
Hiring Guides
Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Interior Designer for Your New Town Flat
Renovating a New Town flat? Here are the real questions to ask before hiring an interior designer, from NKDA sanction knowledge to fixed quotes, answered by a studio with 330+ local builds since 2014.
Seasonal & Trending
Saraswati Puja Study Corner Setup Ideas for Kids' Rooms in Kolkata Homes
A practical way to set up the study corner for Saraswati Puja in a Kolkata kids room, so the desk, the shelf and the small puja niche share one corner instead of three.
Hiring Guides
Why Your Neighbour's Approved Plan Is Not a Template for Yours
A neighbour's approved plan is not a template for your plot. Sumana Kumar of Studio Contour, New Town, on FAR, setbacks and why copied plans fail at sanction.
Commercial & Workplace
Cafe Interior Design for Sector V and New Town
A practical guide to cafe interior design in Sector V and New Town, covering kitchen layout, lighting, acoustics, monsoon-ready materials and NKDA compliance from a New Town studio with 330+ buildings delivered.
Hiring Guides
Do You Need an Architect for a Flat Interior, or Just a Designer?
Do you need an architect for a flat interior in Kolkata, or just an interior designer? Studio Contour, New Town, on when structure, sanction and services decide it.
Commercial & Workplace
Fast-Turnaround Interiors for Sector V Tech Employees
A practical guide for Sector V tech employees in Salt Lake on getting interiors done fast without compromising quality, from a New Town studio that's delivered 330+ buildings.
Room Guides
How to Plan a Kitchen Island Without Breaking the Work Triangle
A practical, specific guide to planning a kitchen island in Kolkata homes without wrecking the work triangle, covering clearances, materials, layouts, plumbing and budgets.
Decision Guides
Independent House vs Apartment in New Town: Design Trade-Offs
Independent house or apartment in New Town? A hire-ready comparison of NKDA rules, costs, timelines, and interior trade-offs from Studio Contour.
Commercial & Workplace
Interior Design for Landlords Renting Out Flats Near Sector V
A Salt Lake landlord's guide to interior design near Sector V: what actually rents fast, what tenants damage, and how to budget for a flat that keeps working between tenancies.
Local Guides
Interior Design for New High-Rise Towers in Action Area III
Interior design for New Town's Action Area III high-rise towers means designing inside a fixed shell, not a blank plot. Here's what actually changes.
Hiring Guides
Choosing an Interior Designer Who Actually Understands Salt Lake's CA, CB and CK Block Housing Stock
A block-by-block breakdown of why CA, CB and CK Block homes in Salt Lake need a designer who understands cooperative housing stock, NKDA rules and 330+ local projects, not a generic firm.
Hiring Guides
Hiring an Architect Who Understands Kolkata's Water Table Before You Dig a Basement
Kolkata's high water table turns basement construction into a structural gamble. Here's why Studio Contour investigates soil data before designing, based on 330+ buildings delivered since 2014.