List of software architecture styles and patterns

An architectural pattern is a general, reusable solution to a commonly occurring problem in software architecture within a given context. Architectural patterns are often documented as software design patterns.

Catalog of architectural patterns

• Three-tier
• Multilayered architecture
• Model-view-controller
• Domain Driven Design
• Micro-kernel
• Blackboard pattern
• Sensor-controller-actuator
• Presentation–abstraction–control

Structure

• Component-based
• Monolithic application
• Layered
• Pipes and filters

Shared memory

• Database-centric
• Blackboard
• Rule-based

Messaging

• Event-driven aka implicit invocation
• Publish-subscribe
• Asynchronous messaging

Adaptive systems

• Plug-ins
• Microkernel
• Reflection
• Domain specific languages

Distributed systems

• Client-server (2-tier, 3-tier, n-tier exhibit this style)
• Shared nothing architecture
• Space-based architecture
• Object request broker
• Peer-to-peer
• Representational state transfer (REST)
• Service-oriented
• Cloud computing patterns