Canstruction Phoenix Metro is a non-profit event that brings together creative minds for a friendly design competition. Each year, teams compete to create the most impressive sculptures made entirely out of canned food. After the event, all the food is donated to the St. Mary’s Food Bank to help fight hunger in our community.
The 2026 theme was CANimals. 30,775 pounds of food collected. 81,654 meals provided. Peoples Choice voting raised over $11,000.
The structures were up at Arrowhead Towne Center Mall. A panel of judges met and scored the structures naming Best Original Design, Best Use of Labels, Best Meal, Structural Ingenuity, and Most Cans.
See the winners below.
Canstruction Tucson: Build for Hunger is a fun and unique building competition between local architects, engineers, builders, contractors, and designers. Using canned foods and other non-perishable items, these Cansculptures will be built and on display at the Park Place Mall as a larger-than-life art exhibition. The 2026 theme was Fun & Games!
Canstruction Tucson donates all food used to build sculptures to the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and all proceeds will contribute to building healthy, hunger-free communities.
See this year’s can-structures below.
