Can you CANstruct? Canstruction LA-for charity.

What: Canstruction LA
Teams of architects, designers, builders, and engineers design and create huge structures made only out of cans of food. After the exhibit the cans are donated to the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank.

When: October 15th to November 6th
Monday - Sunday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
Directly across from LACMA

How: One can at a time
The public is invited to view the structures and encouraged to cans of food and/or monetary donations. The structure with the most monetary donations will win the Cheri Melillo People's Choice Award.

Why: To fight hunger and raise awareness.
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank is a nonprofit, charitable organization that has been serving the disadvantaged of our community since 1973. The Foodbank is at the heart of a charitable food distribution network that includes over 550 charitable agencies with more than 900 sites in Los Angeles County.

Info: www.canstructionla.com

Who:
Organized by: Society for Design Administration
Supported by: The American Institute of Architects/Los Angeles
Sponsored by: The Ratkovich Company, Federal Express, Herman Miller, Howard Building Corporation, Allsteel, The Gunlocke Company, The Architect's Newspaper, Tom Bonner Photography.

Last Updated: August 10, 2010