Top 10 qualities of an Architect

1. Act as an interface between Business & IT
2. Identify risks (project, technical , business)
3. Should not be stereotyped (Keep aside your experience, explore & look for possible alternatives)
4. Keep upto date of latest technology trends – especially in terms of limitations
5. Excellent presentation / articulation skills
6. Master (at-least) one Programming language (OO / Functional)
7. Develop technical intuition  (Usually comes with experience. Read a lot)
8. Be Passionate. And Don't be too clever.
9. Take responsibility of your decisions.
10. Write Good code. If you design it, you should be able to code it.