Organized by a collaboration of design industry leaders, the Office of Assemblymember Mike Feuer, and AIA Los Angeles, Canstruction LA invites teams of prominent Los Angeles architects, engineers, and designers to create exciting exhibits made entirely of cans of food, to be put on public display and awarded prizes by a panel of judges. Prizes include "Juror's Favorite," "Best Meal," "Best Use of Labels," and "Structural Ingenuity." At the event's completion, the cans are donated to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Canstruction - produced under the auspices of the Society for Design Administration - has been held in over 100 cities across the United States and Canada. Over the last three years Canstruction LA has raised over 157,000 cans of food for the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank. In 2008 Canstruction LA took place 2008 at The Water Garden in Santa Monica, Examples of works from contests in other cities can be found at www.canstruction.org.

The following teams were awarded prizes in 2008:

Juror's Favorite -- William Hefner Architecture, "Son of Can"
Structural Ingenuity -- Gilsanz Murray Steficek, "Tuna's Turn to Tame Hunger"
Best Use of Labels -- Morris Architects, "The Little Engine That CAN"
Best Meal -- HKS, "Iron Can"
Honorable Mention -- SAA, "CANN-E"

Canstruction LA thanks our esteemed judges:
Gloria Gerace, Library Foundation
Deborah Weintraub, Deputy City Engineer, Bureau of Engineering Executive Division, City of Los Angeles
Frances Anderton, KCRW
Michael Lehrer, Lehrer Architects
It starts with one can.