Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
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Yurts are round, tent-like structures traditionally used in Mongolia as mobile homes. While yurts are not complex structures, they do require some general carpentry skills to build and set up. If you are a beginner, purchase a yurt kit to...
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
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Zach Both and Nicole Lopez spent 6 months designing and building a modern yurt to share how they did it with a step-by-step guide for you to Do It Yurtself.
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
Zach Both and Nicole Lopez spent 6 months designing and building a modern yurt to share how they did it with a step-by-step guide for you to Do It Yurtself.
The Knoll Farm Refuge in Fayston, Vermont, offers a serene and inviting place to escape the hustle and bustle while relaxing at their lovely and beautiful farm.
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
Check out these wooden yurt kits for sale. Depending on the size, wood yurts can be assembled in 3 to 5 days by 2-3 persons.
Check out these wooden yurt kits for sale. Depending on the size, wood yurts can be assembled in 3 to 5 days by 2-3 persons.
Zach Both and Nicole Lopez spent 6 months designing and building a modern yurt to share how they did it with a step-by-step guide for you to Do It Yurtself.
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Check out these wooden yurt kits for sale. Depending on the size, wood yurts can be assembled in 3 to 5 days by 2-3 persons.
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
I'm reblogging this, even though it's my photo. Honest. Check the link on Flickr. This is the yurt camp at Ayaz Qala, in the Karakalpak Autonomous Republic. Photo by Christopher Rose. zarzor: The...
Home is where love resides, where memories are created and the family feels welcome, or however the saying goes. Be it all those cheesy things or not, every person needs a home. Some inherit it, others buy it and then there are those who build it with their own hands.
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You can even built it yurt-self, thanks to the owner's new website and complete guide to building your own yurt, Do It Yurtself.
Lucy from Lulastic Hippyshake lives fully off-grid in New Zealand in this stunning yurt with her husband and two children. Image © Lucy AitkenRead from Lulastic Hippyshake They built a loft that was originally meant to be their sleeping
Building a Wood-Framed Panelized Yurt: This yurt is based on the original yurt design, employing a center ring and tension cable (I use two), but it is a twelve-sided all-wood yurt built using wood-framed panelized construction, which includes roof panels in addition to radial rafters si…
The Autonomous Tent - It's kind of like a yurt, only the high tech manufacturing process ensures absolute precision providing simple installation and a tight seal between fabric and frame that cannot be accomplished with a yurt, making the structure look and feel more permanent.
This home in France is based on the light structure of a yurt and the shape of a fig.
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Yurt Without Steel: I built this 10 foot diameter yurt without metal fasteners from free materials. It has the same proportions as the "standard" Mongolian ger scaled down. The varnished wood and white liner give it a marvelous feeling inside. Lots of people told me th…
September 12-16 Hello everyone! We are beginning to learn a little bit more about the traditions and the past of our new home. The people who lived in what is now Kazakhstan centuries ago didn’t live in plush apartments with numerous rooms (I’ll get to 21st Century Kazakh living arrangements later). The nomadic Kazakh tribes used to live in yurts. A yurt is a cone-shaped tent of white felt stretched over a framework of wooden poles. It helped to protect the nomadic tribes of Central Asia from the bitter, harsh winters of the steppe. It seems to resemble a wigwam. They are easily constructed, durable and warm. Not many people live in yurts anymore, but it is possible to stay in one in the remote countryside as a tourist to maintain the traditional Kazakh culture. The reason I am mentioning yurts and Kazakh tradition is because we sampled it on the Wednesday. We attempted to eat the national dish – Beshbarmak – but due to miscommunication we didn’t realise that the ingredients had to be ordered 24 hours in advance, so our large group of fifteen moved onto a nearby restaurant. Turns out it’s quite difficult to fit 15 onto a table, so the managers took us upstairs to plan B. Above the restaurant three white tents sat proudly in the evening air. We would probably live in them, but they were padlocked to prevent the homeless folk of Astana setting up shop in a beautiful new home. And what a home. It feels like another world. Colourful carpets and wooden wicker adorn the interior of the nomadic tent. The vertex of the structure is known as a shangrak, and holds the yurt together. You sit on the carpets and are surrounded by peace and tranquillity. Well, aside from the hi-fi in the corner. There was also a toy horse in the yurt, but unfortunately we weren’t allowed to play on it. Kazakh fun fact: In old Kazakh communities, the yurt itself would often be repaired and rebuilt, but the shangrak would remain intact, passed from father to son upon the father's death. A family's length of heritage could be measured by the accumulation of stains on the shangrak from decades of smoke passing through it. In addition to the wonderful setting, the food was also fantastic. We were introduced to baurzaki, which is warm fried bread that tastes and smells like a doughnut. The shashlik was also sumptuous here, and served on a very large, thin sword. Manti, the large dumplings, have fast become my favourite Kazakh food, and were enormous at this place. They didn’t last long on our low table. Whilst here we were introduced to what initially we thought was another Kazakh tradition, but turned out to be just a personal choice of the assistant librarian. Tea – with salt. I tried it, realised it tasted like sea water, and returned it to the table. That will not be tried again. This trip to the old-school tent was a welcome change from what I was doing the rest of the week – sorting out our new apartment. I love my current place, but had made it clear from the very beginning that I didn’t want to be living alone. We also lived on the more expensive side of town, away from the locals and the fun. So, after viewing numerous apartments and having numerous issues (the fact that they count in ‘rooms’ instead of ‘bedrooms’ here being a particularly annoying one) to deal with, we have found a place, and signed for it on Thursday. A process that took two hours of my life due to the number of people involved in the deal. I’ll show some more pictures in due course. All you need to know is that it is bigger than a yurt. Not that living in a yurt would be a bad thing. Especially if they provided us with regular plates of baurzaki. Love you all Matt
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