Designers face off in construction building.Canstruction[R] is the most unique food drive in the world, with New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. architects and engineers strutting their design and construction genius to build the most spectacular structure from thousands of full cans of food. All this talent is put to the test to make a difference in the fight against hunger. Starting at 5:00 p.m. on November 8, and continuing into the wee hours of the morning teams from 42 of the city's most prestigious firms risk their reputations as they assemble structures using little more than cans, tape, and cardboard in their attempts to defy the laws of gravity while building true works of art. During the Awards Gala and Opening Reception, held at 6:00 p.m. November 9, six structures are declared winners, receiving awards in the categories of Jurors Favorite, Structural Ingenuity, Best Use of Labels, and Best Meal, along with two Honorable Mentions. This year's jury includes HGTV's Design Star contestants Teman and Teran Evans; designer Doug Wilson of Trading Spaces
FAIA Food Additives and Ingredients Association (Kent, UK) FAIA Fellow, American Institute of Architects (honorary position) , President of American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Chapter; engineer Peter Flack, P.E., co-founder of Flack + Kurtz; Kenneth Wampler, Executive Director of Alpha Workshops; and writer Nadine Post, Editor-at-Large for Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. . All canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. used this year in building the New York structures, as well as the donations received from the public, will be distributed to the relief agencies served by City Harvest. Canstruction[R] is open to the public November 9-22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., at The New York Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue at 32nd Street. School Tours by appointment only, call 212-679-9500 ext 19. The price of admission is a minimum of one can of food. New York City is one of 80 cities across North America sponsoring Canstruction[R] competitions in the coming months. Together they will create more than 600 works of art and donate more than 2,000,000 million pounds of food to local food banks. |
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