"HIGHER CALLING" - Sara Timberlake

<p>Sara is a Detroit-based architectural designer, educator, mentor and theorist.&nbsp;She currently works at Quinn Evans, an architectural firm where she works at the intersection of design, planning, and community engagement in order to bring her clients’ visions to life and collaborate with project communities.&nbsp;</p><p>Outside of her professional pursuits, she is the Youth Outreach chair for NOMA National, where she has led Project Pipeline - a free, five-day youth architecture camp - for the past 4 years. She&nbsp;is also engaged with her research&nbsp;“Call and Response: Speculation of a Future Typology for the Black Church”, which aims to&nbsp;clarify a design language to the historic American Black Church, while proposing a building typology for the Black Church in this current moment.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>5 favorite projects</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V0XVNBXJ2laalSCaytIdRGZvqxGQCGOn/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Woodbridge Neighborhood &amp; Design Guidelines</strong>&nbsp;</a>- Woodbridge, Detroit, MI [Quinn Evans] </li><li><a href="https://alliedmedia.org/about/lovebuilding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Allied Media LOVE Building</strong>&nbsp;</a>- Woodbridge, Detroit, MI [Quinn Evans] </li><li><strong>Mosaic Eastern Market</strong>&nbsp;- Eastern Market, Detroit, MI [Quinn Evans]</li><li><a href="https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/architecture/high-school-programs/michigan-architecture-prep" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Michigan Architecture Prep Program</strong>&nbsp;</a>- Detroit, MI [UM TCAUP/Michigan-Mellon Fellowship] </li><li><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/8/17/21372534/dyett-high-school-hunger-strikers-five-year-anniversary" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Dyett High School</strong></a>&nbsp;- Washington Park, Chicago, IL [Brook Architecture]</li></ul><br /><p><strong>Detroit City of Design Spotlight</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.miplace.org/historic-preservation/programs-and-services/mi-civil-rights-project/#:~:text=The%20five%20sites%20were%20formally%20added%20to%20the,8%20Orsel%20and%20Minnie%20McGhee%20House%20More%20items" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">20th Century Civil Rights Sites</a> (Michigan)</p><p><a href="https://www.secondbaptistdetroit.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Second Baptist Church</a> – Detroit</p><p><a href="https://www.bethelamechurchdetroit.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bethel AME Church – Detroit</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ame-church.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">African Methodist Episcopal Church</a> (denomination)</p><p>Shrine of the Black Madonna – Detroit</p><p><a href="https://nbbcdetroit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Bethel Baptist Church - Detroit</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/black-church/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Black Church</a>, PBS</p><p><a href="https://noidetroit.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nation of Islam Mosque No. 1</a></p><p><a href="https://www.michiganradio.org/news/2020-02-17/donald-white-michigans-first-licensed-black-architect-broke-new-ground" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Donald White, Michigan's first licensed black architect, broke new ground</em></a> – Michigan Radio</p><p><strong>Show Topic Links</strong></p><p>National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and NOMA: <a href="https://www.ncarb.org/about/related-organizations/baseline-belonging-report" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baseline On Belonging</a></p><p><a href="https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning</a></p><p><a href="https://www.noma.net/student-design-competition-bgl/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NOMAS Student Design...