"If you let the monkeys do the design, you get shit on the walls." Marvellous, this would make a great poster :-) I also agree: bad architects, per se, isn't

"If you let the monkeys do the design, you get shit on the walls." Marvellous, this would make a great poster :-) I also agree: bad architects, per se, isn't a flaw with the architect role itself. Central design, guidance and oversight seems to me pretty much a vital thing in any large-ish system. That the individual needs to be suitably skilled technically and personality-wise for this to all work well goes without saying.