Design expertise
Architectural input, while the design is still on paper
A kitchen is a room before it is a set of cabinets. Reviewing the layout, circulation and services architecturally — before manufacturing — is where the expensive mistakes are still cheap to fix.
Architect
Archit Tyagi
Architectural & design consultation
Biography, qualifications and a portrait will be published here once confirmed with Archit Tyagi. We have not written a profile on his behalf.
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What the architectural review covers
Most kitchen problems are not cabinet problems. They are decisions about the room that were made without thinking about the room: a hob positioned where there is nowhere to set a pan down, an island that leaves a walkway too narrow to pass, a beautiful run of cabinets that blocks the only source of daylight.
Reviewing the design architecturally means checking it against the building rather than against a catalogue. It happens between the site measurement and the design approval, which is the last point at which changes cost nothing.
The contribution
Four things checked before manufacturing
None of these are visible in a finished kitchen. All of them are obvious when they have been got wrong.
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Layout and circulation
How the kitchen sits in the plan of the house — where you enter from, what you walk past carrying a hot pan, whether the room works when two people are in it. This is architectural thinking rather than cabinet selection, and it is decided before any cabinet is drawn.
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Service positions
Where the water, drainage, gas and power actually are, versus where the layout wants them. Moving a drain is a real job; knowing early whether it is necessary changes both the design and the budget.
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Structure and openings
Beams, columns, ceiling heights, window sills and door swings. These constrain a kitchen more than most people expect, and they are the things that cause redesign when noticed late.
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Light and sightlines
Where daylight enters, what the kitchen looks like from the living space in an open plan, and which run of cabinets is the one you see from the sofa.
The team
Who you will deal with
A kitchen project passes through four functions here. They are all in-house, which is why the kitchen that gets installed matches the kitchen that was drawn.
- Design Turns the site measurements and your requirements into a layout, a storage plan and elevations for approval.
- Architectural review Checks the layout against the building — circulation, services, structure and light — before anything is manufactured.
- Manufacturing Cuts, bands and assembles carcasses and shutters to the approved drawings, and fits hardware in the workshop.
- Installation & after-sales Installs and levels on site, aligns shutters, and returns for adjustments once the kitchen is in daily use.
Individual names, roles and photographs are pending. Our previous website showed three generic "teams" illustrated with stock photographs of people who do not work here. Rather than repeat that, this page describes the functions that genuinely exist. Real names, roles and team photographs will be added once confirmed with the business.
Design consultation
Discuss the plan before the cabinets
If your kitchen involves a layout change, an open-plan arrangement, or moving services, it is worth having the architectural conversation first.