SG Canstruction - Designing a Better Future!
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
We Don't WasteHelp us fundraise to turn cans into creativity and provide food access across our community!
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Smithgroup’s integrated architecture and engineering Denver design team is proud to participate in
Canstruction 2026!
Your donation helps us stock up on the canned goods that bring our concept to life, and when the exhibit comes down, every single can will be donated to We Don’t Waste to support local families and help reduce food insecurity across our community.
About Canstruction Denver
Canstruction® Colorado is a city-wide competition in which architects and designers build structures entirely out of canned food, which will be donated to We Don’t Waste and distributed to local communities at the end of the exhibit. Teams are competing for awards for their structures, such as “Structural Ingenuity”, “Most Cans Used”, “People’s Choice”, and more! Canstruction® will be on public display at Cherry Creek Shopping Center this summer! Guests are encouraged to check out the structures in person, and vote for their favorite structure!
About We Don't Waste
We Don’t Waste believes nutritious food should go to people, not landfills. We reduce food insecurity and food waste in the Denver area by recovering quality, unused food from the food industry and delivering it free of charge to food pantries, schools, shelters, and directly to the community through Mobile Food Markets. We also educate our community on the importance of nutrition and reducing food waste to protect our planet, while advocating for increased food access. Since 2009, We Don’t Waste has recovered and distributed more than 250 million servings of food to nonprofit partners and individuals facing food insecurity.