Job titles like "Technical Architect" and "Chief Architect" is currently abundant in the software industry, but many people suspect that "architecture" is one of the most understandable terms and the least redundant in software development professional. Gorton's book helps to overcome this difficulty. It succinctly describes the essential elements of key knowledge and skills necessary to become a software architect. Starting from a general understanding of software structure and quality attributes, through technical issues like middleware components and documentation techniques, to appear technologies such as model-driven architecture, software product lines, aspect-oriented design, service-oriented architecture, and the Semantic Web, all of which will influence future software system architectures. So if you work as an architect or senior designer (or want to someday), or if you are a student in software engineering, here is valuable and yet approachable source of knowledge.