Capital Bikeshare bike from the 2011 Canstruction® competition. Photo by Erin Kelleher.

Emerging professionals: enjoy an after-hours viewing party for this year's Canstruction® competition at the National Building Museum. Meet members of the teams that created these amazing constructions and enjoy light hors d’oeuvres and beverages with other emerging professionals. Bring canned goods to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank and vote for your favorite project.

Washington Architectural Foundation's Canstruction® is a creative design-build competition that benefits the Capital Area Food Bank. Entries designed by top metropolitan Washington, D.C. architecture and construction teams will be on display in the Museum's Great Hall from build out on Saturday, August 31 through "decanstruction" on Saturday, September 7. 

Advance registration required. FREE for Keystone Society level members; contact Elizabeth Neville at 202.272.2448, ext. 3456 or eneville@nbm.org to make a reservation. All others: $20 per person, registration available online. Deadline to register: Thursday, August 29.