The 40×60 Lookbook
Ten real homes built on the same 2,400 sq ft plot in Bangalore.
The same footprint, ten completely different answers.
See which one matches how you actually want to live, before you brief an architect.
No cost. Sent to your inbox in under a minute.
You own the plot.
That was the easy part.
Most people start a house by choosing a style. Contemporary or classical, flat roof or sloped. They hand that to an architect and hope the plan works out underneath it.
On a 40×60 that is the wrong order. 2,400 sq ft is the size where a plot stops being a puzzle and starts being a decision. There is room here for a single family home, or a family home that pays for itself through rental floors, or six separate front doors on one site. That one choice moves the entrance, the staircase, the parking and the whole ground floor, long before anybody picks a facade.
One home in this book produced 5,100 sq ft of built-up area. Another produced close to 8,000.
Same plot size. The difference was the brief, not the site. That gap is what this book exists to show you.
Fourteen pages, and none of them are filler.
- Ten completed 40×60 projects, one per page, with the actual renders and photographs.
- The same six fields on every home: plot, built-up area, floors, facing, what sits on the plot, and style. So you can compare them properly instead of just admiring them.
- A level-by-level breakdown of each house. What is really on the ground floor, the first, the second and the terrace.
- The trade-off every home made. Each page names what was given up to get the headline feature. This is the part a brochure never tells you.
- The real site constraints and how they were solved. A tree that could not be removed. Setbacks restricted to two feet six inches. Buildings crowding three sides. A renovation that measured differently on every side.
- Built-up areas from 5,100 sq ft up to around 8,000, so you can see what floors and setbacks actually do to the house you end up with.
Every one of these is built, or going up now.
Not concepts. Not stock renders. Ten projects from our own studio, each with the brief that shaped it.
South-facing G+3 · 6,700 sq ft built-up · rental floor at the base
JP Nagar · 7,690 sq ft built-up · curves and vertical fin walls
Six separate homes on one plot · 3BHK, 2BHK and four studios
West-facing G+3 · around 8,000 sq ft · stacked double heights
5,100 sq ft · 2BHK below, duplex above, gym and theatre on the terrace
Three rental units and the owners' duplex · completed 2023
This is for you if
- You own a 40×60 site in Bangalore, or you are close to buying one
- You are weighing rental units and want to see what they cost you in family space
- You have a folder full of elevations and no idea which plan sits behind them
- You are about to start meeting architects
What you will be able to do after reading it
- Describe what you want in terms an architect can actually price
- Judge whether your plot suits a duplex, a triplex or a multi-unit layout
- Understand why facing changes the facade, not only the Vastu
- Walk into the first meeting with a brief instead of a mood board
Download the 40×60 Lookbook, free
Fourteen pages. Ten homes. No cost, and no obligation to talk to anybody.
We send it straight to your inbox. If you would rather have it on WhatsApp, give us your mobile number and we will send it there too.
(We do not sell or share your details. One email with the book, and that is it unless you ask us for more.)
Firm Highlights
Design Thoughts Architects has been designing and building homes in Bangalore since 2010, led by Principal Architect Mahantesh Yalameli.
Established
Projects Delivered
Locations Served
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and other parts of India
Professionals
Including Architects, Interior Designers, Detailers, Visualizers, Draftsman, Structural Engineer and Site Supervisors.
FAQs
A few honest answers
Is it actually free?
Yes. No payment, and no requirement to hire us. We would rather you walk into any architect’s office knowing what to ask.
Does it include floor plans?
No. Each home gets a written level-by-level breakdown of what sits on every floor, which is the part most people actually need at this stage. Full drawing sets are shared directly with clients.
My plot is not exactly 40×60. Is it still useful?
Mostly, yes. The planning logic holds for anything in the 2,000 to 2,800 sq ft range. If your site is closer to 1,200 sq ft, ask us for the 30×40 edition instead.
Will somebody call me after I download it?
We will send the book, and one follow-up asking whether it was useful. If you want to talk about your own plot, there is a link in the book. If you do not, that is completely fine.
Ten homes. One plot size. Fourteen pages.
