# Creational Patterns

> The Creational Patterns category holds 6 architecture principles.

Record: `architecture-category:creational-patterns`
Kind: category
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology#architecture-category-creational-patterns

Listed in [Principle categories](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/architecture-category.md), after [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture-category/behavioral-patterns.md) and before [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture-category/structural-patterns.md).

## Principle

- [Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/factory-pattern.md)
- [Factory Method Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/factory-method-pattern.md)
- [Abstract Factory Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/abstract-factory-pattern.md)
- [Builder Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/builder-pattern.md)
- [Prototype Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/prototype-pattern.md)
- [Singleton Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/singleton-pattern.md)

## Layer

- [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)