BHC Wins Judges' Choice at Canstruction

Bird Houk Collaborative raises money for Central Ohioans at annual AIA sponsored event

March 4, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Central Ohio architects unveiled their 10-foot by 10-foot sculptures built from thousands of cans and boxes of food at COSI on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, as part of Canstruction®, a North American design/build competition that supports area food banks in participating cities.

Bird Houk Collaborative was chosen to receive top honors for their canned interpretation of the event theme, “Being Green".

Corn was chosen by Bird Houk as their concept, as it is one of Ohio’s main exports, as well as a symbol of Ohio's agricultural heritage and push towards a sustainable future. At nearly eight feet tall, the structure contains 2,100 cans of corn and other vegetables native to Ohio. 

Click the link below to view the video of the winning stucture being built by the Bird Houk Team at COSI.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/multimedia/video/2009/03/canstruction.html

Thanks to the contributions of Bird Houk's generous sponsors (below), close to $1000 was raised for Operation Feed.

• Prater Engineering Associates, Inc.
• Michele Y. Norton with Interface
• Key Blue Prints, Inc.
• Brackett Builders, Inc.
• Hamilton Parker
• E.P. Ferris & Associates, Inc.
• Lynda S. Gundling with American Olean