Mahsa Zarrabi - Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Architecture, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Abbas Yazdanfar - Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Seyed Bagher Hosseini - ۳Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

The concept of lifes tyle was initially used in psychology and sociology, but its features gradually gained entry into other fields of s tudy, including housing. Various s tudies have been conducted on applying housing lifes tyle in Iran, as in other countries. In this s tudy, the s tructure and contents of lifes tyle research in the field of housing have been compared to Iranian research. To achieve this goal, ۴۵ English and ۱۳ Persian articles were thoroughly s tudied by the sys tematic review method. The CASP checklis t was used for validity and quality control. The results of this analysis show that there are different views on the methodological approaches so it is sugges ted to use mixed methods. Housing lifes tyle s tudies can be divided into four types of micro and macro scale design, residential preferences, energy consumption in the building, and the meaning of housing. Research on the international scale in the field of meaning and energy consumption is less than design and residential preferences. This is more evident in Iranian s tudies and should be further s tudied in the field of housing planning, residential preferences, and building energy. The number of lifes tyle factors in international s tudies is broader than in Iranian s tudies. However, there is a gap in the field of subjective lifes tyle and its psychological issues.

Lifes tyle, home, design, Residential Preference, Housing policy