Yes this is the "layout", as it has the replies on the right as we used to have and I have arranged all the other elements to be similar to what we had previously, and the rest is just creative licence.
Personally I like it, and as I have little time and even less for unpaid work, I am happy now start rebuilding all the other custom elements we (all) wanted and included in our previous installation.
Of course, if christ wants to design and build a theme compatible with this version of SMF, I'll add it and enable an option for members to switch to it.