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 ...

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 ...

This week’s prefab breaks out of the hard-lined modern box with a beautiful soft-shelled structure that finds elegance in its simplicity. That’s right – it’s a Nomad Yurt! SoCal based Ecoshack has ...

Been dreaming of a second home? Something small and modest but also different — a place you can escape to when you're sick of staring at the same walls, cooking in the same kitchen, sitting on the ...

After a year and a half of living in a Brooklyn apartment, Casey Brown and Danfung Dennis started hatching an escape plan. So in 2012, the couple swapped urban life for total seclusion: a 12-acre lot ...

A pair of environmentalists take their green lifestyle beyond the grid After a year and a half of living in a Brooklyn apartment, Casey Brown and Danfung Dennis started hatching an escape plan. So in ...