Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Reflections from detour road -- The aimless architect -- The case for empowerment -- Where we get power (kings, not sorcerers) -- Camping in the front yard -- The financial architect (or, A brief economic history of architecture) -- Great architecture is like pulling teeth -- The value architect -- Horse apples and cow pies -- The risk architect -- I'm an architect -- The paid architect -- The best idea in history -- The idea architect -- The basis of all things -- The knowing architect -- You're an architect, aren't you? -- The named architect -- How to become a famous architect -- The citizen architect -- How to make a golf course "green" -- The green architect -- The difference between hookers and architects -- The sober architect (or, A doctor, a lawyer, and an architect walk into a bar) -- Epilogue: Finding love at a hardware store.