06/15/2011 - The 2010-2011 Canstruction International Winners were announced on June 11, 2011 during the Society for Design Administrations Annual Convention in Charleston, SC. The International Winners Press Release will be posted shortly. Below are the winners as judged by our panel of jurors chosen by Canstruction President Nick Telesca. Judging took place in the Charleston, SC Civic and Design Center. Canstruction would like to thank all those involved in making the International Judging a great success and would also like to congratulate all of the teams that won this year!! All of the structures this year were awe-inspiring!
Honorable Mention:
New York, NY “Tomato Tornado” Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP - 6,400 Cans
New York, NY “Cups Can Only Spill…” Gilsanz Murray Steficek, LLP - 5,150 cans
Best Meal:
Runner Up: Chicago, IL “The Changing Face of Hunger” Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. - 7,134 Cans
Winner: Fort Worth, TX “Let’s Give Them Something to Taco-bout – Talk About Hunger!” VLK Architects - 4,500 Cans
Best Use of Labels:
Runner-Up: New York, NY “I Think I ‘Can’” MTA – New York City Transit - 3,504 cans
Winner: Rochester, NY ‘CANdelabra: Shedding Light on the Hunger Problem’ HBT Architects - 2,570 Cans
Structural Ingenuity
Runner Up: Los Angeles, CA “CANcaveCANvex” HMC Architects Buro Happold Engineers - 2,520 Cans
Winner: Dallas, TX “Blowing Away Hunger” Page Southerland Page - 4,020 Cans
Jurors Favorite
Runner Up: Houston, TX "The Greatest Canstruction on Earth!" Cobb Fendley Associates - 5,736 Cans
Winner: Belton, TX “King TunaCANmun – A Pharaoh to Feed the Masses” Architectural Edge - 4,080 Cans
Most Cans:
Newark, NJ “Newark City Subway 1954-2001: End of an Era..Next Stop.. End Hunger” NK Architects - 17,264 Cans