Video link: CANstruction 2011: “sNOw more hunger”
UPDATE 5/16/11: Leopardo and Eckenhoff Saunders won the coveted BEST IN SHOW, JURORS’ FAVORITE honor at the “aCANemy Awards”. Click here to see event photos published in RedEye.
While the great “Snowmaggedon” of 2011 has finally melted, Leopardo and Eckenhoff Saunders Architects teamed up to rebuild the iconic Chicago snow plow as part of the 5th Annual CANstruction Chicago competition. Just as all Chicago residents came to depend on this snow plow to clear their streets this past winter, we remember that the less fortunate depend on charitable organizations like the Greater Chicago Food Depository every day. We hope that our donation and that of our contributors will help make a difference in lives of those in need.
Our plow features a variety of can sizes and colors, and several distinctive structural ingenuities. For example, our wheels are bundles of cans turned sideways, bound together with tie straps, and kept circular by the outer tension. The plow face is a gently curving wall, made possible with selectively placed shims between layers of cans. Our plow is clearing a fluffy marshmallow snow cover, and dumping some Morton salt to keep the street ice free. An iconic Chicago-style “parking space saver” has gotten overturned in the process. Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO, Illinois (April 28, 2010) – Liquidated Damages, a group of musicians from Leopardo and its business partners, performed for the 9th straight year at the 
CHICAGO, Illinois (April 2, 2008) – The Interiors group of Leopardo Construction completes more than 200 projects per year, including interior renovations and build-outs for clients in all sectors – accounting, consulting, education, financial services, law, retail and technology. To help clients better understand where they should budget their construction dollars, we recently analyzed every interiors project over the course of 12 months. 
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