User:Dean Skira/sandbox

Dean Skira (born October 20, 1962) is a Croatian lighting designer. Skira founded his own lighting design practice in 1990 in NYC, USA. He lives and works in Pula, Croatia.

Notable projects
Postojna Cave, Postojna, Slovenia Hooked up, installation, FuoriSalone, Milan, Italy Biennale di Venezia, Italian Pavilion, Venice, Italy Parco della Luna, Recanati, Italy Novamed polyclinic, Zagreb, Croatia Design hotel Lone, Rovinj, Croatia Novi Spa & Resort, Novi Vinodolski, Croatia Four Seasons Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan Hotel Kempinski, Savudrija, Croatia Town of Buzet, Croatia Park Eden, Rovinj, Croatia Hotel Argentina, Dubrovnik, Croatia Memorial Centre Dražen Petrović, Zagreb, Croatia Avenue Mall, Zagreb, Croatia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Notes and references
2. Mondo Arc http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1z3bt/MondoArcOctNov2012Is/resources/36.htm

3. Pugliarch http://www.pugliarch.it/index.php/protagonisti/58-dean-skira

5. http://www.new4amagazine.com/2012/02/sustainable-talk-with-lighting-designer.html

Awards and recognitions

 * Illumni Infinity Award (2013)
 * iF product design award (2013)
 * 29th IALD Special citation Award (2012)
 * LDA Winner External Luminaire (2012)
 * The ARC Show Innovation Award (2012)
 * IESNA Award of Merit (2009)
 * International prize Dedalo Minosse for Commissioning a Building (2007-2008)
 * Lutron most Unusual Installation in Europe (2006)
 * IESNA Award of Merit (2002)