architects and the designer of the McNay’s Stieren Center, a focal point of the exhibition.

The “cool models”--tiny planes, cones, and cubes that magically coalesce into building forms--were created by Viguier

to help translate the design concepts behind complicated, largescale projects. Here they join an array of sketches,

photographs, and large-scale models designed to provide a window into Viguier’s career achievements.

Among the buildings represented, aside from the Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions, is the Museum and

Visitor Center at the Pont du Gard at Nîmes; the Mediathèque at Reims; and the Natural History Museum in Toulouse.

The award-winning Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Hotel and the new campus for the American University of Paris on

the Île Seguin are also highlighted.

Jean-Paul Viguier has played a leading role in French architecture since the early 1980s as architect, urban planner,

teacher, and creator of books on Eileen Gray, Gabriel Guévrékian, and Jean Ginsberg. He is responsible for a number

of the most visible aspects of modernday Paris, from twin towers in Coeur Défense to the André Citroën Park in the

15th arrondissement. Today the Viguier atelier designs dramatic yet formally rigorous skyscrapers and large-scale

public and private projects throughout the world.