Nicole Porter was born in Melbourne, Australia, and educated at the University of Melbourne in architecture and landscape architecture. She is professor and chair of multi-disciplinary design at the University of Utah.

Over 200 observational drawings created every day from the same window during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, revealing life in an ordinary English street in extraordinary times. A visual record and a unique meditation on place, nature, community, well-being, and the value of mindfully appreciating them all through drawing. 174 b&w, 48 col. illus.