Events Exhibitions

CANSTRUCTION® is a community service project sponsored by the New Orleans Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA New Orleans). Teams of architects from firms throughout the New Orleans area create impressive sculptures composed entirely of canned food items. These cans of food are then donated to Second Harvest Food Bank. In its nine-year history, CANSTRUCTION® has contributed over 390,000 pounds of food to feed New Orleans’ hungry. All net proceeds from Canstruction benefit AIA New Orleans and the Second Harvest Food Bank.

This year, the can sculptures will be presented in a gala at the Shops at Canal Place on Saturday, October 27, 2007, and the sculptures are displayed throughout the following week. This continually growing event has already provided over 300,000 meals to the hungry throughout the Greater New Orleans area.

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