Comments on: What’s the difference between architecture and design?

By: Tom G

Tom G — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:49:10 +0000

Many thanks for that comment, Lawrence – much appreciated!

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By: Lawrence Weideman

Lawrence Weideman — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:59:40 +0000

Hi I am an IS Manager for a regional rail company in South Africa in the Cape (www.capemetrorail.co.za) and discovered the books by Tom Graves by chance. I am surprised that he does not have a cult following yet – maybe he has, I have just not done enough research lately. Well – I need to get all his books.

I picked up a quote that states “all architecture is design, but not all design is architecture” . Quote makes one think for a while…

By: Darko Bohinc

Darko Bohinc — Wed, 12 May 2010 00:44:12 +0000

Hi Tom,

From my perspective, architecture is design and design may be an architecture, depending on what the scope and objective of the design activity is. Perhaps by distinguishing between “enterprise” and “solution” focused architecture/design activity we’d be in more alignment with what the expected outputs and outcomes are. It really does not matter how you call it as long you get the desired outputs and outcomes.
See my post How many architectures do you see? on this subject.

By: Amit Kabra

Amit Kabra — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:33:22 +0000

Nice Article, got good sense of both.

By: Jörgen Dahlberg

Jörgen Dahlberg — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:14:44 +0000

Architects plan, design and review the construction of dynamic systems (not just IT systems) or building blocks for the use of organisations to secure a particular outcome.

By: Adrian Grigoriu

Adrian Grigoriu — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:33:06 +0000

Tom,

I would add that they are part of the same development process. Design comes after the Architecture phase and that may explain why it is closer to implementation.
They may be also seen as two perspectives/rows in Zachman’s.

Adrian

By: Pat Ferdinandi

Pat Ferdinandi — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:53:45 +0000

One way to identify if a person is architectually-focused versus design-focused is by the questions he or she asks. Architects will ask thought-provoking questions that challenge the current vision and strategy. He or she helps define a path. Design-focused individuals tend to also ask thought-provoking questions. These questions resolve specifics within a specific existing boundary.