2026 Canstruction® Awards
21st Annual Canstruction® Competition Results
Theme: “CANtennial: Designs of the Decades"
In honor of AIA Hawai‘i’s 100th anniversary, the 2026 Canstruction® theme invites teams to celebrate a century of creativity, culture, and design. CANtennial: Designs of the Decades challenges each team to bring an assigned decade to life by reimagining an iconic object, place, movement, or moment from that era—entirely out of canned goods. From the bold beginnings of the 1920s to the innovations of today, this theme highlights how design reflects its time while contributing to a collective legacy built over 100 years. Each structure is made entirely of several thousand cans of food, which are donated to the Hawai‘i Foodbank after a week on display at Central Pacific Bank Atrium, Downtown Branch.
A BIG MAHALO to all our 8 teams of local architects and allied professionals who supported this worthy cause with their time, talent and can purchases! Also, a HUGE THANK YOU to our Canstruction Committee and all who volunteered, voted and donated money to make this event such an amazing success for the people of Hawai'i!
This year, we raised $33,588.98 and donated 17,110 pounds of canned goods to Hawai'i Foodbank.
Since its inception, AIA Honolulu’s Canstruction® Competition has gathered 804,115 pounds of canned goods – enough food to make 780,827 meals.
2026 Award Recipients & Distinguished Entrants
Mahalo to Mark Tawara, Allied Member, of Bright Light Digital for digital kiosks at the event.
Structural Ingenuity & People's Choice Award
1990's “The ’90s Called...They Still Care.”
by G70 & Hawaiian Dredging
Best Original Design & Best Team Spirit
1940's “We CAN Do It!”
by Bowers + Kubota Consulting, ENPRO, and Hensel Phelps
Best Meal
1930's “The Can Francisco Crossing”
by Lowney Architecture & Swinerton Builders
Best Use of Labels
1970's "Rolling Forward CANS in Motion"
by WhiteSpace Architects and Iwamoto Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Most Cans
200's “iCAN”
by Design Partners Incorporated and Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc.
Distinguished Entrant
1950's “Snoopy CAN Jive”
by RMA Architects, Inc.
Distinguished Entrant
1960's "From Moonshots to Meals!"
by BASE, HDR and RLB
Distinguished Entrant
1920's “Duke “CAN-hanamoku”: A Century of Aloha”
by Rav Productions and PHAD Hawaii Appliance
Mahalo 2026 Canstruction® Competition Sponsors
Dickey Sponsor
Wood Sponsors
Ossipoff Sponsors
Preis Sponsors
Mahalo Keiki Corner Sponsors
