With the release of Los: Data Hijacker, this cards moves from binder fodder to being interesting!

Besides the things already mentioned new cards are released that makes Los more interesting and even this card. As Los get 2 creds for the first ICE rezzed together with CE the corp might no be willing to rez some ICE anymore as you might get 3 - 5 creds. And not only this alone, when there is a Rubicon Switch out, you can derez it immediately after the run. So the corp is sinking it's creds, while you are earning money from it. Imagine a Vanilla, you get 4 creds, a successful run (with Desperado) and afterwards you derez the Vanilla. It costs you a click... but next turn, repeat. On top you can combine this with Keros Mcintyre which gives you 2 creds for derzzing. Derezing a low cost ICE gives you 2 creds extra beside the creds for the rez.
An interesting combo for Los, CE, Rubicon Switch & Keros Mcintyre.
On top of that, the questions is, are you playing Forged Activation Orders? Emergency Shutdown?
And what is your breaker Suit? I think Ankusa sounds interesting at the start (although no derez effect), but breaking Eli 1.0 for 8?? No, better do it with Paperclip for 3 and derez it for 3 sounds more intriguing for me and it doesn't cost you 6 to install.
The birds (Golden, Peregrine & Saker) might also be an interesting include, although they seem to inefficient to me and depending on the server the corp might be able to trick you....
On top CE is interesting against some pain ICE for Crims, such as Ichi 1.0, as you don't have link, you can use the creds so it's "only" 5 creds with Mongoose and perhaps you derez it afterwards ;-)

While this card was never seen until recently in tournaments it got being slotted since Combo Decks like CI7 (and other CI Combo Decks, like this Hasty CI) & Railgun are strong. As well as Industrial Genomics: Growing Solutions and Jinteki: Potential Unleashed. And as cards like Friends in High Places are used by almost every deck.
Some of the strong decks are slotting it is as a one of and it can become a match winner. It goes along with the ICE Destruction from the current Whizzard: Master Gamer and the ParaSifr combo (Parasite, Şifr). As it can remove the ICE from the game so a reinstall is not possible any more if it's with Friends in High Places or shuffled back with Jackson Howard or similar cards. Often it's paired with Salsette Slums as this removes all trashed cards from the game and is paired with Temüjin Contract as this rewards running on Archives and as a bonus you may remove a card. And you might use it to load your Datasucker.
Against Combo Decks you can remove important cards as: Accelerated Diagnostics, Reclamation Order, Interns, Jackson Howard, BOOM!, Biotic Labor as Archives is often used to park them to be used after a Power Shutdown. When they are not expecting you to have Archives Interface you can surprise them and may be able to interrupt the combo which usually leads to the win.
Against the Industrial Genomics: Growing Solutions and Jinteki: Potential Unleashed you can use it to clear Shock! and Shi.Kyū so there is not much left that will prevent you from running Archives beside Caprice Nisei. And to stop them from reusing Data Mine and Marcus Batty again and again and again with Friends in High Places.
The Bonus is of course that you can remove Operations such as: Hedge Fund, Restructure, Scorched Earth and others from Archives. This results sometimes in the weird situation that Archives becomes empty.

This is a really really good ICE! Anarchs can't kill it with Spooned and clicks like Fairchild 3.0 as they can only break 2 subs. On the other hand it won't stop the runner, so it's more interesting on a central when they are running through it multiple times. The tax of 2 clicks + 2 creds is really nice and makes it more taxing then Fairchild 3.0 without a breaker (or at least the same)! The standard Anarch breaker Black Orchestra needs to pay 5 credits (3 to break 2 subs + 2 tax for the ICE).
It's also a good Tax for Gordian Blade as 3 subs still mean 3 creds regardless of Gordians strength.

For the other "standard" breakers:

• Gordian Blade 4 creds
• Houdini 5 creds (1 stealth)
• Refractor 4 creds (1 stealth)
• Passport 5 creds
• Peregrine 6 creds
• Black Orchestra 6 creds (or 3 to break + 2 for one sub)

So this is a nice taxing ICE, love to use it on all Central Servers. Runners hate it.

Architect is one of the most important cards in HB Decks today (except of Cerebral Imaging: Infinite Frontiers). It was hit by the MWL early 2016 (each copy in your deck reduces the influence of your ID by 1) and the tax is a fair one, this card is really powerful. Before it was often imported into other factions such as NBN.
The important part is, it can't be Destroyed by the famous ParaSifr combo (Parasite, Şifr) the credits you invest in rezzing the ICE are worth it and the ICE wont be destroyed. The tax to the runner might be not that high, but in today's time this is OK.
It's usually install in front of R&D to protect it, but can work well on all the other servers too.
The main moment to shine in general is the early game, when the runner face checks Architect and it fires. First it protects R&D and you will check the top 5 cards and install one. You can use this to place an ICE on the 2nd or 3rd level, without paying the install cost, which is a nice saving. If there is an Agenda on top and you have a nice secure scoring remote you can place your 3/2 Agenda there and score out next turn (with a big smile & "Thank you" to your opponent). If this is not the case you can install the agenda in a new remote and at least you might tax him a click or he might think it's an asset or you find a better target to install out of the 5 cards. If the runner is hitting it last click, just install an Agenda for the score. This gets only problematic if the first 2 cards are agendas. But on the other hand you might at least decide what to do ;-).
If there is something in Archives too that they trashed (or you used your Advanced Assembly Lines) and that you can reinstall for free this is nice. Sometimes they have just trashed it this turn when they checked it's no Agenda. Things like Adonis Campaign, Eve Campaign or SanSan City Grid come into mind.
And you will get your Haas-Bioroid: Engineering the Future triggered in your opponents turn, meaning you gain 1 credit too.

The role of Lotus Field has changed with the release of Şifr as the combo with Parasite to Trash ICE immediately is not working anymore and as long as Anrach remains the dominating faction.
It's resilient and currently the cutlery (Forked, Knifed & Spooned) is falling out of favor as you can do the same with Parasite (& recursion). It's imported into all other faction as an ICE that can't be destroyed so easy and it's out of D4v1d range, but weak against Faust (2 cards). With Black Orchestra it's 3 creds to break to much to do that repeatedly as the current Anarchs try to do when hammering R&D. And Yog.0 needs support cards such as The Personal Touch or Net-Ready Eyes which are currently rarely seen.
But it will rotated somewhere in the second half of 2017. It teams well together with Magnet and Architect the only 2 other ICE that are kind of immune to the ParaSifr combo and as long as it's played Lotus Field will remain an important card.