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Slideshow: 'Canstruction' fills One Market

Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner
Tipping Mar, Steinberg Architects and Project Frog's "May the CANs be with you" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
The Canstruction San Francisco show will be up at the One Market Street Lobby for the rest of the week. The contest consists of various movie themed structures. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Chrome Architecture's "Alice in CANderland" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
RIM Architects, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Howard S. Wright and Allana Buic & Bers Inc.'s "Celebrity CANnes Arrival" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Bull Stockwell Allen and Dome Construction's "Jaws V: Feeding Frenzy" at the Canstruction San Francisco show.  (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
ARUP, Kwan Henmi Architecture * Plannings, Parsons Brinkerhoff and Young Electric, Co.'s "Kannes Kong" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
KMD Architects and DPR Construction, Inc.'s "The Emerald City" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Bar Architects, Turner Construction and ZFA Structural Engineers' "CANdidate for Best Dressed" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Huntsman Architectural Group, Rutherford + Chekene and GCI General Contractor's "Look UP: Flying CANnes!" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
BCCI Construction Company, DES Architects and Engineers' "On the Red Carpet" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
WRNS Studio and McCarthy Building Companies' "Star Francisco" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
ASD, Principal Builders, Structural Engineers Inc. and Ben C. Gerwick. Inc's "Still Life With Popcorn... in 3D!!!" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Gensler, Glumac and Riverbed's "CANnes Reel'n in Hunger" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
MBH Architects' "Canception" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. (Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner)
Gil Riego Jr./Special to the S.F. Examiner
SmithgroupJJR, Source Planning and Construction and One Workplace's "CANNES-cargot" at the Canstruction San Francisco show. Click on the photo to see more.

The second annual Canstruction San Francisco is showcasing 14 unique structures made entirely of canned food until Nov. 18 at One Market in San Francisco.

Originally started in New York in 1992, the competition now spans across the globe with more than 140 cities world-wide.

Click on the photo to see the Canstruction slideshow.

This year’s theme is “The CANnes Film Festival” where each structure is based around legendary films and cinematic themes from Star Wars to newer 3D films.

With each structure taking an average of six to 12 hours to build and 3,000 to 5,000 cans, these marvels of architecture will be on display at the One Market Street lobby for the rest of the week, where the thousands of canned goods used to build these structures will be donated to the San Francisco Food Bank.

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