It's not that nothing's good. Obviously, lots of great stuff out there. Just, if you look at what gets built at scale, you get this:

https://uk.tourisme93.com/rosa-parks-paris.html

This is one of the 2 "revamped" neighborhoods in Paris. The other is that one:

https://www.batiactu.com/edito/paris-rive-gauche-balade-au-c...

And then most of the really expensive buildings go to the same 50 architecture firms.