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Posted by Dan Hanes | October 21, 2015 | Culture

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
—Mike Tyson

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
—Mahatma Gandhi

We read best what we read most.”
—Zuzana Licko

The Arena District is 98% brick and the other 2% is our Mistake.”
—Client

Always a Groom, never a Bride.”
—Studio member

There is no Limit to the Amount of Money I’m willing to make.”
—Client

Words Cannot describe How much I hate this design”
—Client

I did not think it was possible, but you have made this worse.”
—Client

I would rather my kid Say ‘Fuck’ than ‘Free’.”
—Developer

You are given thousand of opportunities to keep your mouth shut through out the day. Opportunities you should not waste. ”
—Coach

Get Your Shit in a sock.”
—Mentor

Don’t Believe everything you find on the Onlines.”
—Abraham Lincoln

How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?”
—Charles Bukowski

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.”
—Eliel Saarinen

 

Dan Hanes Architect
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Danial was born in Alaska to Midwesterners who were long on love but short on spelling ability. He grew up in many cities and Air force bases throughout the world. Right out of Architectural school he started working on many large, complex sports projects across the country including Chase Field, Miami Heat Arena, an Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, and Madison Square Garden. While this work was rewarding, all of the required travel meant he only saw his wife and two small children on weekends. Looking for a change that would allow more time with his family, an opportunity of a lifetime opened up. Nationwide was planning to develop a district around their newly designed Arena. Consequently he moved with his family to Columbus in 1999 and has since worked on many notable Columbus projects, including: Huntington Ballpark, The Scioto Mile, Nationwide Arena District, Northbank and Parks Edge condominiums. Danial has also been involved in the local design community as a guest Critic for the Knowlton School Architecture and served as a board member for the Center for Architecture and Design.

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