It seems that I am not alone in my "Architects Rant". Here's another rant by the Secret Geek (this guy publishes some great articles, and also co-produced TimeSnapper).
A little disclaimer against rants such as this: a good architect is worth his/her weight in gold. The problem is that architects who are just "architects" tend to offer little practical value to a project. The best teams I have worked for don't have pure architects per say, they have one or more technical leads who design the system, and make the calls on refactoring, etc. And when tech leads can't unanimously decide on an approach, the project manager or delivery manager steps in and adjudicates. Works for me!
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