The grassland gave birth to nomads, who successively took huts, tents and felt tents as their living places. All of them are movable and inclusive. The yurt, as a type of traditional felt tent, is a ...

For a few thousand years now, yurts have been an exceptional choice for shelter. The round structures were long valued for their stability, simple assembly and portability. Such things mattered, ...

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 ...

Just because summer is on its last legs doesn’t mean that you can’t take advantage of a weekend getaway with family or close friends. Traveling in 2020 has become something completely new and ...

It's hard to say what's so amazing about Mongolia- truly a toss up between the people and the landscape. The scenery is wide open and breathtaking. It ranges from rolling valleys to the choppy Gobi ...

“I don’t believe in paying rent,” says Kara W, sitting by the fire of the wood-burning stove in her Mongolian-style yurt, a portable domed tent traditionally used by nomadic people of central Asia.

Yurts are a quintessential element in Kyrgyzstan’s national identity. Not only are the felt tents emblematic of Kyrgyzstan’s nomadic past, they lend their shape to cemeteries, souvenirs and World War ...