2024-11-24T09:55:21-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/27780953/hungry-birds-and-alexander-mccan-shoes-feasting-on-canstruction-19 HotSoup 2011-11-17T10:46:57-05:00 >2011-11-17T11:51:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ts/ts0jruqiyak3m2wi.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Last week, the 19th annual CANstruction competition kicked off, with teams of architects and engineers spending a night building sculptures out of canned food, which will be donated to City Harvest. Mixing art and design, the pieces must be visually compelling but also structurally sound.</p></em><br /><br /><p> As always, architects have fashion on their mind, and maybe a certain smartphone app.</p>