As noted in the article, Architecture was indeed previously an Olympic category: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in...

It was subsumed into official Olympic art festivals that morphed into the Cultural Olympiad which is held concurrently with each Summer Olympics.

That's essentially what a World Expo is, isn't it?

That would be nice, though modern official architecture (and art) always ends up quite ugly and appalling, so it'd only be nice with proper judges (quite rare apparently).

Architecture and art done on ArtStation alone is superior to anything that is funded by your local government usually.

Have the event judged by a panel of locals selected from the general population by lottery.

Why not have all judging panels selected like this? I'd love to see 6 people chosen at random judging the dressage based entirely on whatever they happen think dressage should be judged on. And at the same times the riders are trying to alter their routine based on what they think someone who knows nothing about dressage would want to see in a dressage competition.

Yes, why wouldn't those that trained some disciplines for years want to have their fate decided by complete randoms with no judging experience in their sport!?

If it's good enough for artists...

In the analogy, what are the Olympic games for art?

>so it'd only be nice with proper judges (quite rare apparently).

Taste is just nostalgia with extra steps. Whatever the prestige class was building when the present adults were kids (or during a noteworthy economic boom time) is "good architecture", and everything else sucks.