Cornerstone Participates in CANstruction

Cornerstone Architectural Group • November 3, 2017

A sculpture of a smiling clown made from stacked food cans, standing in an art gallery next to an informational sign.

CANstruction is a competition created under the vision of uniting design and engineering through a unique and fun medium that improves the lives of the underprivileged and benefits local food bank programs. This charity event is part of a national program that calls upon teams of architects and designers to envision and create structures made entirely of canned food.



Cornerstone Architectural Group’s team was thrilled to participate in this notable event once again this year. This year’s theme was Childhood Toys, and our entry build was The Fisher-Price “Chatter Telephone”. Our entry required almost 4,000 cans! After the build, all food was donated to a local food bank. Truly a great cause and effect.


We would like to thanks our generous donors; S&K Construction : Ajay Barthwal : The Holder Group : Beth & Louis Eisenberg : The Reynolds Group : Cheryl & Anthony L’Altrelli :Jeff Maglietta

People in a carpeted room organize and stack cardboard boxes of canned goods, possibly for a food drive or donation effort.
A group poses beside a large, multi-colored structure built from stacked food cans in an indoor setting.

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