CONTENTS Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Intention of the study 6 Scopes and limitations 6 Framework 6 Chapter 1: Background 11 1.1 A note on Landscape. 13 1.2 Context. 16 1.3 Sense of Place; identification and sense of belonging. 19 1.4 Notion of response 26 Chapter 2: Architecture and Landscape 31 2.1 Note on Buildings and Landscapes 33 2.2 Ground plane and interpretations 56 2.3 Factors that generates relation between building and landscape 67 Chapter 3: Case studies 77 3.1 Introduction to the selected region 78 3.2 Case study 1. Narvekar house, Khandala 80 2. Kalmadi house, Khadakwasla 96 3. Sancheti house, Khadakwasla 106 4. Tree house, Lonavala 122 5. Hariyani house, Khandala 140 3.3 Epilogue 157 Bibliography 164 Illustration credits 166 Acknowledgements 173