Considering building a yurt vs. tipi? Each provide a secure, low-cost shelter for camping, temporary housing, or guest quarters. Nomadic people have used portable tipis and yurts for thousands of ...

The most expensive part of most houses is the finish, both interior and exterior. In the yurt, structure and finish are united: The visible inner and outer surfaces serve to hold up the roof.

Plus, they were designed to be visited individually rather than as part of a loop. The popularity of those yurts, though, may be auspicious for the Western Uinta Hut System going in just 20 miles ...

LaPointe said she came to help and to be part of the community ... 8 a.m. in 18-degree temperatures to build the base. The yurt had been donated to the school, but the footings needed to ...

A yurt can last for decades, say Ladisa and Woodard, with the outer layer, which Ladisa compared to the roof of a house, being the only part that needs to be consistently maintained. To this day ...