Architecture principles are a very popular tool in the enterprise architect's tool box. The underlying concept of 'comply or explain', however, makes them particularly toxic. Architecture principles ...

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"City planning" is an easily understood metaphor that architects can employ to communicate more effectively the nature and value of architecture by relating the "unseen" enterprise architecture to ...

Modern software must function smoothly within a diverse ecosystem, from on-premises monoliths to ever-evolving cloud-based microservices. Architectural choices made during software development, be ...

Le Corbusier may have been one of the most influential and prolific modern architects of the 20th century, but I'd never had a chance to step inside one of the Swiss-born visionary's structures until ...