Recently, I met a couple at a cafe who had just spent the first night at their vacation getaway on a rural mountaintop in Sonoma County. It turned out that though they owned the land, they had neither ...

Over 1,000 years ago, the Mongols used yurts as mobile shelter. Nowadays, folks buy prefab yurts and use them to set up camp or as a permanent place of residence—and business is booming. “We are ...

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We’ve featured yurts from Mandala Homes here on Inhabitat before, and their latest creation has raised the bar to new heights. Prefabricated in B.C., Canada, Mandala Homes’ “fancy yurts” are shipped ...

As an artist and creative type, Debra doesn't want to be stuck working inside four walls. She believes her circular office helps her think outside the box. Jeff and Leslie Suhy like the feeling of ...

This is not your average California home show. Some unconventional home builders are showcasing their creations at the California State Fair’s first Tiny House exhibition this weekend. Lou Pereyra is ...

Somewhere between a tent and a hut lies a curious little structure known by a single ungainly syllable: yurt. A yurt–also known as a ger, if that sounds any better–is a small, round, roofed structure ...

Portland couple Zach Both and Nicole Lopez have recently finished building their very own impressive yurt home with an interior loft garden. What's more the couple have released all their plans online ...

One university student has found cozy and cheap housing in B.C. in the form of a yurt — a Mongolian-style tent that he built himself last summer. Michael Jeffery says the spacious tent is the perfect ...

They came to France in search of the good life, setting up home in a picturesque village deep in the French countryside. Three families, one of them British, fell in love with the small farming ...