| PageSoutherlandPage Dallas Wins the 2011 International Canstruction Award for Structural Ingenuity |
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In October 2010, PageSoutherlandPage submitted “Blowing Away Hunger” as their submission for the local Dallas Canstruction competition. The design for the sculpture, which won the local Structural Ingenuity award, was inspired by the impact tornadoes have on communities. “Much like hunger,” according to the team’s description, “tornadoes leave entire communities in ruins and devastation. Many lose their homes, their possessions, and their hope. Yet time and time again, volunteers arrive with their spirit, heart, and whatever they can provide to help all those cope with their losses. For once, let’s see a tornado not as a symbol of ultimate destruction, but one of hope, love, and sharing.”
Through the use of digital photographs, “Blowing Away Hunger” competed against 101 local Structural Ingenuity winners in the International Canstruction competition in that award category. The judges who conferred the Structural Ingenuity award to PageSoutherlandPage of Dallas used terms such as “beautifully balanced,” “daring” and “overpowering,” when describing this impressive piece.
PageSoutherlandPage Dallas has won the local Dallas award for Structural Ingenuity for the past three years, and this is the first year that the firm has won an International Canstruction award. This is only the third international award Canstruction Dallas has ever won and the only award that wasn’t a runner up or an honorable mention. “You made Dallas Proud,” said Cindy Savell, Canstruction Dallas. Total number of cans used in “Blowing Away Hunger” Sculpture: 4,020 of Chunk Light Tuna Mattia Flabiano, Michael Bernal, Eric Kuehmeier, Asma Momin, Lisa Rosenfeld, Jacob Rosenfeld, Jonah Sendelbach , Carlos Torralva, Gary Walling, Crystal McMahon, Beth Carroll, Kate Hough, Aimee Burmaster, John Garcia, Doug Lloyd, Britt Feik, Lindsey Mathias, Amy Burmaster, Marie Romero Hemphill, Gilbert Hack, Allison Hack, John Garcia, Jesse de la Cruz, David Shively, Will Butler, Greg Nollkamper, James Tanner, Michelle Northington, Jake Wagoner, Rachel Rosenfeld, Sophia Thompson and Family, Daniel Fleming, Brad Cheshire and Asma Momin. And a very special thanks to Southwestern Blueprint for their sponsorship. Please click on the following links to view photos on Flickr: For more information about the winners of the competition, please visit: http://www.canstruction.org/documents/2011-press-release Media Contact: Nancy Acker Fleshman - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Dallas, TX (3 July 2011) – A gravity defying structure designed and assembled by a team from the Dallas office of PageSoutherlandPage was recently given the Award for Structural Ingenuity at the 15th Annual Canstruction® International Design Competition in Charleston, South Carolina.