This show, curated by Patrice Goulet, one of the most stimulating critics in France, is a milestone in the field of architecture exhibitions. It features the current work of 23 architects—two from the United States, six from Japan, the rest living in Europe—through scale models of their recent projects. Slides offer overall views and details of a given project’s latest construction phase, and of barely cleared work sites, where human life has not yet left its mark. At the entrance to the exhibition, there are also sketchbooks containing studio drawings, sent by fax to the curator, that document