R2D2 makes No. 2 for Top 10 CANstruction Builds!

May 19, 2013
Congratulations to the Tipping Mar, Steinberg Architects and Project Frog team for getting the attention of "The Very Best Top 10 Canstruction Build" and being number 2!!

http://theverybesttop10.com/2013/04/23/canstruction-builds/#more-3474
 

Huffington Post talks about CANstruction and includes image of one of the San Francisco Structures

May 19, 2013
The Huffington Post did a story on Canstruction and featured our 2012 People's Choice Award Winner from last year! Some other great ones from around the country, too.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/canstruction_n_3279838.html?utm_hp_ref=arts#slide=2452697
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International Canstruction Awards for People's Choice

May 19, 2013

The San Francisco Team of RIM Architects, KPFF Structural Engineers, Howard S. Wright and Allana Buick & Bers was entered in the International Canstruction Awards for the 2012 "People's Choice"

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.571060616272778.1073741826.118221791556665&type=1
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Scenes from 2012 Movie-Themed CANstruction

November 17, 2012

Source:  Inside Scoop SF
Original Article:  http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2012/11/16/scenes-from-this-years-movie-themed-canstruction/

This week (and last through Saturday), 14 giant structures have made One Market at home. It’s the annual San Francisco Canstruction event, which brings together teams of architects, engineers and contractors to build giant, life-sized sculptures out of canned food. After the event, structures are dismantled and all food is donated to the SF Food Bank; t...


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Can-do Attitude

November 17, 2012

Source:  San Francisco Business Times by Jim Gardner, Managing Editor
Original Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/11/can-do-attitude.html

If you are walking through the lobby of One Market St. in the next couple of days, don’t be shocked to hear a 7 1/2-foot R2D2 figure beeping while he flashes his lights and swivels his head.

What really might surprise you is that the giant Star Wars robot, engineered by Barry Ralphs of Tipping Mar, is made almost entirely of cann...


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VIDEO: SF Canstruction

November 17, 2012
Source:  NBC Bay Area
Original Article/Video: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/events/SF-Canstruction/179549981

San Francisco Canstruction is a way for architects, engineers and contractors to give back to the communities in which they help build. With an expected 70-thousand cans of food to be donated Sunday, it will be the largest one-day donation in San Francisco food bank history.

Click on link above to view video.

By Laurence Scott -
Nov 15, 2012

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“CANstruction” 2012: Canned Food Art Sculptures

November 15, 2012
Source: FunCheapSF.com
Original Article: http://sf.funcheap.com/event-series/moviethemed-canned-food-art-sculpture-competition-fidi/



Teams of architects, engineers and contractors will compete to design and build giant structures created entirely out of canned food for the 2nd Annual San Francisco CANstruction 2012.

At the end of the exhibit, all cans will be donated to the SF Food Bank.

Fourteen teams spent nearly 12 hours each building their sculptures using 3,000-5,000 cans each and will b...


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'Canstruction' fills One Market

November 13, 2012

Source:  The Examiner
Original Article:  http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/11/canstruction-fills-one-market-slideshow-2



The second annual Canstruction San Francisco is showcasing 14 unique structures made entirely of canned food until Nov. 18 at One Market in San Francisco.

Originally started in New York in 1992, the competition now spans across the globe with more than 140 cities world-wide.

This year’s theme is “The CANnes Film Festival” where each structure is based around legenda...


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2012 CANstruction® Event

November 12, 2012


Source:   SMPS SF
Original Article:  http://smpssf.org/2012-canstruction-event/

Teams of architects, engineers and contractors will gather at the Paramount Group’s One Market building in San Francisco this November for the second San Francisco CANstruction®, an event which last year generated donations of more than 50,000 pounds of food and $20,000 for the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks.

The event brings together teams of designers and builders to construct giant-sized structures from c...


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IIDA: San Francisco Canstruction November 12-17

November 12, 2012
Source:  International Interior Design Association
Original Link:  http://www.iidanc.org/blog/blog_posts/view/san-francisco-canstruction-november-12-17

San Francisco Canstruction, an event which brings together teams of local architects, engineers and contractors to build giant sculptures out of canned food.

The sculptures will be on display from Nov. 12-17 at One Market, after which all food will be donated to the San Francisco and Marin Food Banks. Visit the show and donate a can or two in...


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