In the third instalment of this series, architects in our community share their thoughts, observations and drawings from life under lockdown.

Alex Turner, Studio MUTT
Kitchen island-cum-office desk-cum-drawing board-cum-dining table-cum-printing table-cum-coffee bar…..? Let’s just call it a utility surface still life.

Hugh McEwen, Office S&M
The digital spaces that we create within the home have become more and more important; where is there a good backdrop? where do I avoid glare on the screen? and where gets the best signal?! These digital spaces allow us to have new views out into the world and create new social spaces.

This drawing is of the Dalston Architecture Collective, a group of 14 architectural practices that mutually share knowledge and experience. This currently takes the form of a weekly Zoom meeting, and, as our most recent project, we have developed free 45-minute online consultations for potential clients, using digital and augmented reality tools.

Catrina Stewart, Office S&M
This sketch shows the increasing number of objects that have started to populate my desk, including a 6-million-year-old coprolite! Like a cabinet of curiosities, they help to keep the mind stimulated.

Andy Whiting, HUT
This is me, my two daughters and our new puppy, all home-working together in Blackheath. We used to have a lovely garden outlook from the kitchen table, until we got a trampoline to keep the children entertained, and the lawn and planting was ruined by the puppy. Lovely to be all home together though, isn’t it?

Laurence Quinn, Quinn Architects
These are sketches of fruit trees in the Cotswolds, where my family and I have been staying during lockdown. I’ve been looking to Bruno Munari’s text, Drawing a Tree, which offers a simple set of instructions on how to observe and draw the natural world. Our team have been working from home for over six weeks now, and many of us have found solace in drawing. We’ve been enjoying sharing our sketches with each other to break up the usual chats about work. 

Jelena Cousins, Cousins & Cousins
It’s a depiction of the surreal life in lockdown that feels like I haven’t moved from the same spot in weeks while my girls are locked in their rooms.