Darius Čiuta was born in Kaunas on April 22, 1966. In 1984 he graduated from the 6th Secondary School. In 1986-91 he studied at Vilnius Engineering and Construction Institute where he obtained the architect’s specialty. Since 1991 he has been living and working in Kaunas.

Awards, achievements

1999 – state stipend of the highest degree.

2000 – award for integrity of conceptuality and image (pavilion of the café “Prie Skliauto” in the Town Hall Square of Kaunas) at the exhibition-contest “The Best Project of the Year”, along with Rytis Vieštautas.

2002 – prize of the Architect of the Year (for artistic courage and the fact that working with different groups, he stimulates them and grants to projects purity of form, temperance and targeted use of materials).

2002 – award for the best interior of the year (interior of the company Audimas building in Kaunas) at the exhibition-contest “The Best Project of the Year”, along with Ramūnas Raslavičius, Šarūnas Kiaunė.

2002 – award for the best architectural project of the year (Sports Centre in Ąžuolynas, Kaunas) at the exhibition-contest “The Best Project of the Year”, along with Vilius Adomavičius, Vida Vyšniauskienė.

2003 – diploma for the villa at Kalvių lake and Ąžuolynas Sports Centre at the exhibition of architecture “A Look at Oneself”, along with Vilius Adomavičius and Vida Vyšniauskienė.

2004 – award for the best realisation (Ąžuolynas Sports Complex in Kaunas) at the exhibition-contest “The Best Project of the Year”, along with Vilius Adomavičius, Vida Vyšniauskienė.

2006 – award for the best architectural project of the year (public building in Šeduva) at the exhibition-contest “The Best Project of the Year”, along with Gintaras Auželis, Mindaugas Kasiulevičius.

2007 – for innovation of form ("TA House" in Kaunas) in the exhibition-contest "The Best Project of the Year".

2009 – for the best interior project (awarded for the fragment of terrance of flat in Kaunas) in the exhibition-contest "The Best Project of the Year".

More information about architectural projects of Darius Čiuta and his partners may be found at: www.aarchitektai.lt,  www.abvp.lt