Darius Somers earned his Bachelor’s in Architecture from Pratt Institute in 2008 and a Master’s in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University in 2014.
He has worked under the leadership of distinguished architects and educators; David Adjaye at Adjaye Associates, Mario Gooden at Huff + Gooden Architects, Annabelle Sellfdorf at Selldorf Architects, and the late Charles Gwathmey at Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects.
The breadth of Darius’ domestic and international body of work includes private residences, art galleries and museums, luxury retail and mixed-use development. He has received several prestigious awards, namely; The Pratt Patron's Scholarship, the highest prize awarded to a student at Pratt's School of Architecture, and The Willam Kinnie Fellow Prize from Columbia University.
Darius has been an invited juror at Columbia University GSAPP, Pratt Institute School of Architecture, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design. He serves as an editorial board member of The Architect’s Newspaper, the Co-President of The Black Alumni of Pratt, which provides scholarships, mentorship and career opportunities for aspiring creatives of color, and is also a former visiting professor at Pratt’s Department of Interior Design.
Presently, Darius Somers is a Project Manager at Moody Nolan and is namely working on the renovation of the Ancient Near East and Cypriot Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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