Differences between Architecture and Design Patterns

Architecture and Design Patterns 

Architecture is about the designing the system from a more abstract view i.e. larger picture
Design Patterns actually implementation techniques provides a generalized solution to a specific problem.

More References

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4243187/difference-between-design-pattern-and-architecture
• http://www.dofactory.com/topic/1351/architecture-vs-pattern.aspx