架構是解決方案最重要的工件，它是從各種觀點或角度看一個東西(即解決方案)所產生的概念、邏輯和物理呈現方式，它識別出其基本構建元素、關係、互動、邊界、接口、環境和上下文，並在整個生命週期中指導解決方案的演進。

As the foremost artifact of a solution, architecture is the conceptual, logical, and physical representation of an object (the solution) from various viewpoints or perspectives, which identifies its building blocks, relationships, interactions, boundaries, interfaces, environment, and context and guides the evolution of the solution across its life cycle.

~ Wentz Wu

原始出處: What Is Architecture?