Cincinnati Canstruction is part of an international design and construction industry community service project to benefit local food banks.
Architects, engineers, designers, and contractors compete to design and build fantastic giant-sized structures made entirely out of canned foods. The structures are on public view as a giant art exhibit. At the close of the competition, all of the food used in the structures is donated to the local food bank for distribution.
Through the generosity of volunteers and members of our local community, over the past 26 years, Cincinnati Canstruction has contributed 817,000 pounds of food to the Freestore Foodbank: enough to provide over 681,000 meals to our hungry tristate neighbors.
2025 Cincinnati Canstruction teams
ARCO / GMA; Belcan; BSI Engineering; Burgess & Niple / Hunt Builders; Champlin/EOP; Elevar; GBBN Souperstars; HDR, Inc; Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors; MA Design / Huseman Group; MSA / Universal Contracting; SHP; and UC CSA.
2025 Structures Locations
Atrium 1 & 2, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library Downtown Branch, First Financial, Hertz Center, PNC Center, Scripps Center, and The Weston Art Gallery.
A self-guided tour of the 2025 Cincinnati Canstruction structures is available online.
A gala celebrating the submitting teams and winning builds will be held on April 4, 2025, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Freestore Foodbank, Mayerson Distribution Center, 3401 Rosenthal Way, Cincinnati, OH 45204.
If you have questions about the 2025 Cincinnati Canstruction event or would like to get involved with the 2026 event, email cincycanstruction@gmail.com.
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