They left their mark on History. Their exploits, however, are not made of prizes, trophies, world records or medals, but of raw concrete, glass and steel, sports complexes, grandiose architecture and well-designed structures. The Maison de la Culture du Japon in Paris honors Kenzō Tange and Kengo Kuma, two of the greatest Japanese architects of the post-war period. No need to take a plane ticket to Tokyo to admire the geometric work of these two giants, architects of compromise and true artisans of the material. Thanks to a fine selection of black and white photos by Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Mikiya Takimoto, this ingenious exhibition brings us back to life the grandeur of the Tokyo Olympic Games of 1964 and 2020 with on one side the gigantic model of the Meiji-jingu shrine in which we finds the majestic Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Japon National Stadium, on the other the correspondences of Tange with Le Corbusier. Dizzying achievements that don't always happen at the ends of the earth... We owe to Kengo Kuma the renovation of the former Parisian refuge of the fashion designer Kenzo, the Albert Kahn museum and soon the new Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station.{ 4}