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Canstruction 2008

By Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts, Food & Drinks on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:44 am


Canstruction is an international charity competition that opened last Thursday at the Winter Garden and Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center, featuring giant structures built entirely out of cans of food. Top architectural and engineering firms in over 100 cities across North America participate in Canstruction, collecting millions of pounds of food for local food banks — the New York City show features local architectural and engineering talent. At the close of the competition, all of the food from the show will be donated to City Harvest.

See pictures of quite a few can sculptures at Eat Me Daily. My favorite is this scene from a recent movie you might recognize. Link


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  1. Gail Pink
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 10:57 am

    Oh wow! I remember this from when I worked for an architectural firm. A very neat competition that also helps feed hungry people.

  2. sw
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    this is awesome. more cities need to do this. and i love how they used coffee and tuna - 2 high-demand food pantry items

  3. Alex
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    My wife and I just saw Wall-E. It was hilarious!

  4. Sheldon
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    What it's for is even cooler than the structures, which I didn't think possible. I heart America.

  5. Aggie
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    This summer, the Conscious Alliance and Montana State University architecture students set a Guinness World Record for the largest canned food sculpture with 45,725 cans! I was one of these students. It was built at the Rothbury Music Festival in July. Check out the documentary video at
    http://www.consciousalliance.org/GuinnessWorldRecord.htm

  6. creampants
    Nov 26th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    He hates these cans!!!

  7. Rocky Rook
    Nov 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    My BIL did this job one summer. Display is everything.

  8. raina_c
    Nov 29th, 2008 at 6:40 am

    LOL!!! I like this alot...really clever.

  9. vero4902
    Nov 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    I saw some big can sculptures at Providence Place Mall in RI - they had various local and national landmarks. Very cool, and for a good cause.

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