Wonders of modern architectureThe Cybertecture Egg – Mumbai, IndiaGrand Lisbon – Macau, ChinaBullring & Grand Central – Birmingham, United KingdomBMW Welt – Munich, GermanyMoPOP Museum (Museum of Pop Culture) – Seattle, USAMumbai Convention Centre – Mumbai, IndiaSage Gateshead – Gateshead, United KingdomUSAFA Cadet Chapel – Colorado, USAUniversum Bremen – Bremen, GermanyFuji TV Building – Tokyo, Japan30 St. Mary Axe aka The Gherkin – London, United KingdomLotus Temple – Delhi, IndiaNational Centre of the Performing Arts – Beijing, ChinaBanknote Building – Kaunas, LithuaniaPalais Bulles – Cannes, FranceThe Auditorio de Tenerife “Adán Martín” – Canary Islands, SpainThe Seashell House – Isla Mujeres, MexicoTorre Galatea – Figueres, SpainCurve House – Sopot, PolandTerracotta House – Leyva, ColombiaCathedral of Brasília – Brasilia, BrazilCape Romano Dome House – Florida, USAEarth House – Lostorf, SwitzerlandThe Eden Project – Cornwall, United KingdomChapel of the Holy Cross – Arizona, USADruzhba Holiday Center Hall – Yalta, RussiaPalais Idéal du Facteur Cheval – Hauterives, FranceOlympic Stadium – Montreal, CanadaNational Library of Republic of Belarus – Minsk, BelarusWonderWorks Pigeon Froge – Tennesse, USASteam World Museum – Gramado, BrazilThe Piano Building – Huainan, ChinaGreat Mosque of Djenné – Djenné, MaliChang Building aka Elephant Building – Bangkok, ThailandThe Dancing House aka Fred and Ginger – Prague, Czech RepublicKunsthaus Graz: Contemporary Art – Graz, AustriaLa Tête Carrée – Nice, FranceCasa do Penedo – Fafe, PortugalRipley’s Believe it or Not – Ontario, CanadaSnail House – Sofia, BulgariaHouse Attack – Vienna, AustriaHằng Nga Guesthouse – Da Lat, VietnamHabitat 67 – Montreal, CanadaSutyagin House – Anchangelsk, RussiaCube House – Rotterdam, NetherlandsHeliodyssee: Grand Four Solaire of Odeillo – Odeillo, FrançaFlintstone House – California, USARobert Harvey Oshatz – Oregon, USABunker House – Illinois, USABeijing National Stadium aka Bird’s Nest – Beijing, ChinaEND…
Breathtaking buildings, where architecture meets its zenith… But this is just a glimpse of architecture zenith in the World.
The children of Gulu, in China, need to walk for 5 hours along the side of cliffs, on a trail that in some places does not exceed 50 centimetres in width, in order to reach their school.Children from the village of Zhangguying in China, to go to school, climb wooden stairs without any protection.Children and their relatives use an ice path to reach the Zanskar boarding school in the Indian Himalayas.Male and female students cross a ruined suspension bridge in Lebrak, IndonesiaChildren forced to go to school through a steel cable suspended more than 800 meters above the Rio Negro in ColombiaRiau’s children in Indonesia go to school by canoe.A crossing over the molded roots of giant trees next to Mawsynram, the rainiest village in the world.A girl going to school on the back of a buffalo in Myanmar (Burma).A tuk-tuk, a 3-wheel vehicle, picks up and drives students in Beldanga, India.A father and his daughter cross a broken bridge under the snow in Dujiangyan in China’s Sichuan province.Young students traveling on the roof of a boat in Pangururan, Indonesia.Young girls pass on a board perched on a 16th century wall in Sri Lanka.A cart loaded with students in Delhi, India.Young girls cross a river on a bamboo raft in the village of Cilangkap in Indonesia.Children and adults using a path of more than 200 km through the mountains to reach the boarding school in Pili, China.Students crossing a river holding a rope in Padang, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.Children crossing a river over inner tubes in Rizal, Philippines.We congratulate the work of the photographers for these magnificent photos and we are fascinated by the courage shown by these children who risk their lives to reach the banks of the School. Were you not impressed with these young students prepared for everything so they can quench their thirst for learning? Fantastic isn’t it? But in Portugal parents often do not support that their children have to walk 100m on foot !!! …
Translation: LOPSI
Taken from the PowerPoint made by Fernando Pires, which can be found at:
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