Archimage Architects Ltd. was founded by Sheryl O'Reilly Stevens and Kirk Stevens.  Sheryl has an undergraduate and a Masters degree in architecture from the engineering school at Ohio State University.  Kirk has undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Architecture from Syracuse University and Ohio State University and a Masters degree in Architecture from The University of Illinois at Chicago.  After completing their Masters degrees both Sheryl and Kirk apprenticed for eight years for a few of the country's most renowned architecture firms.  As architects with those firms they worked on many award winning projects that generated national and international acclaim.  The  building types they gained experience with included libraries, museums, shopping centers, U.S. Park Service buildings, restaurants, theaters, office buildings and residences.  A few of the projects include The New National Theater of Japan, The Harold Washington Library (the world's largest municipal library) and the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, (a camp for children with life threatening diseases) sponsored by Paul Newman.  This experience provided an invaluable base when the two set out to form their own firm in 1991.  Since forming their own firm, Archimage Architects Ltd. has completed numerous residential, commercial and institutional projects.  Both Sheryl and Kirk have served on the Committee on the Environment with the American Institute of Architects and are committed to designing high quality buildings that are environmentally responsible.  The use of computer simulations allow them to design their buildings to optimize building shape, orientation and window configurations to maximize solar gain in the winter and to naturally ventilate in the summer.  Their current projects utilize advanced mechanical systems that use very little energy and also provide optimum indoor air quality.  They have also developed their own building specification that is environmentally sensitive.   With the help of one of the country's leading toxicologists, the specification also reflects their research into the health effects of building materials and the effects of toxicity generated with the construction process.