This book is an effort to comprehend crucial aspects of the field of architecture and conservation through the example of the Cultural and Historic Urban Landscape of Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. This town has unique position in history since the early 19th century and also enjoys prominent place in architecture and conservation practices. The Shimla town has been chosen as a case study not because of its architectural and historical prominence only but also because of the present day situation in which it has become a seriously vulnerable natural and historical landscape bearing severe developmental pressures due to various factors which are threatening its very basis, foundation and the spirit on which it was built. The book discusses the evolution of the town through the ideas of 'space making’.