Escaping the architectural circles and entering the public domain, the issue of architectural competitions is once again relevant in Greece. Recent high-profile articles (Sakelaridou 2022; Papaioannou 2023) have raised issues of democracy/equal representation of Greek Architects in the context of competitions concerning major public works. In fact, Greece’s latest legal framework (Ministry of Environment and Energy 2021) for the procurement of national or international architectural/urban design competitions dictates that their undertaking is mandatory in the case of public works that are of significance and prominence. Nevertheless, recent alterations to the above framework make it possible (in the case of private funding donations and/or devolved organizational patterns) for the state to hold such competitions by invitation, while delegating Greek architects to the role of the side-kick of renowned international architectural offices, as in the case of the competition for the extension to the Archaeological Museum, in Athens.