The Dishonored games! Same guy who designed Half-Life 2's City 17 and it shows.
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The architecture was just about the only thing I think The Talos Principle 2 improved over the original. It's a 3D navigation puzzle game, but where the original used ruin assets that were heavily repeated (still creating a beautiful melancholy atmosphere in the process), the sequel has great architecture in several different architectural styles.
The story and its in-game social media features ruined it for me, and the architecture is monumental/artistic rather than practical, but maybe it's worth checking out.
Bioshock might also qualify, exploring a ruined art deco city built on the bottom of an ocean. Its story is also good. Prey (2017) may also be worth checking out. Like Bioshock, it's exploring an art deco setting, this time a semi-realistic attempt at a space station, with artificial gravity in some sections and not in others.
I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but Mirror's Edge (2008) also makes gorgeous use of brutal/industrial spaces, with its parkour gameplay getting you to engage with it in interesting ways.
I don't have any hidden gems in this genre up my sleeve I don't think, unfortunately. The only things that come to mind are obvious things like Cyberpunk 2077, Dishonored, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and BioShock
I know it's not first person but I also want to cheat and mention Assassin's Creed: Unity as revolutionary Paris is still one of the best and most well made video game cities ever.
I think third person games like Assassin's Creed never are quite right, because everything feels like a miniature. The graphics can be perfect, and I still feel like looking at a model.
BioShock was kind of bad with the architecture. Nothing really made sense building-wise. Still a good atmosphere, but nothing that would get me to play it again after all those years. Deus Ex is a bit bland there, too. Cyberpunk is a good tip though. I haven't tried it yet.
You thought Prague was bland in Deus Ex? I guess that shows me why I'm not an architect. I thought those environments were great, and Golem City was absolutely incredible.
INDUSTRIA is sort of bland gameplay-wise, but the architecture and level design really stood out to me, so I revisit it often.
Chernobylite used laser scans and HD photos to recreate parts of Pripyat. The sequel went in a different direction and from what I hear is not as good.
Prey, if you count a massive space station as architecture.
Still Wakes the Deep, if you count a massive oil rig as architecture.
I would do anything to go back and play Half Life 1 for the first time again.
Lorn's Lure, if you want some megalophobia.
If you really want to get into it, check out Quake Brutalist Jam
I remember being pretty impressed with the architecture in Wheel of Time. It's a fantasy game loosely based on the books. It's regularly on sale at GOG.