What's the difference between Architectural Patterns and Architectural Styles?

Question

In Software Architecture - Foundations, Theory and Practice, I can find definitions for both. The problem is that I don\'t get what each one of them means in plain Engl

Answer 1

For Architectural Patterns think specific ways to style your code as described by the GoF like; Adapter, Strategy, Builder, Mediator, etc

For Architectural Style think overall system; I.E., using MVC for presentation, DDD to model the business layer, WCF (if you're into .NET) for Interop, SOA for integration, etc.