A detailed book containing a vast amount of information about yurts. The book includes details on the history and culture of the yurt, the modern yurt, the yurt makers, yurt plans, books, videos and a lot more. The book is beautifully illustrated and contains many colour photographs.
A comprehensive volume on modern yurts that documents the movement of yurts from ancient East to modern West, explores contemporary design variations, and answers questions on fabric yurts (from building codes to climate issues and composting toilets). All four types of yurts are covered, with an extended how-to section on the modern fabric yurt. Includes lots of photographs and stories and a substantial resources section.
The Complete Yurt Handbook by Paul King, Ecologic Books, 2001.
In Part One, Experienced UK yurt builder Paul King writes a brief history of the yurt incuding geograph, construction and "the etiquette of ger living". Part Two gives instructions on how to construct both Mongolian and Bentwood yurts.
The Real Mongol Ger Book by Froit, Self Published First Edition 2005.
Authentic and well researched construction details for an "real" Mongolian ger. This book is beautifully presented with handmade covers and includes samples of wood, felt, canvas, knots and cord.
Nomad Tent Types of the Middle East: by Peter Alford Andrews, Wiesbaden, Germany: L. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1997 (2 volumes)
This is the first book to attempt a comprehensive treatment of the wide variety of nomad tents still in use in the Middle East: it is both architectural and ethnographical. It draws primarily on the author's own extensive fieldwork since 1967, providing largely first-hand information on a fascinating but badly-neglected area of architecture. He began the task of recording these traditions with a sense of urgency, as they seemed threatened with imminent extinction. The survey was therefore made in sufficient detail to allow the tents to be reconstructed. Changes over the last thirty years have in fact led to reductions in the number of nomads, severe weakening of their economy, the intrusion of new materials, and the adoption of mechanised transport; some, but not all, of the types studied have indeed disappeared. Information on areas not visited by the author has been contributed by ethnologist colleagues, who share his admiration for a closeness of fit between the rigorous constraints of nomadic life and a response arrived at through more than a millenium of experience and craftsmanship.
These two volumes, on tents with rigid, self-supporting frames, are the first part of the work. The second part, also in two volumes, and now being prepared, with deal with the black tension-tents.
The author, a qualified architect, took his doctorate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, in 1980. He has been working at the Institute for Ethnology, Cologne University, since 1981, and with the Central Asian Seminar, University of Bonn, since 1992. He held the Endowed Professorship for Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Bamberg in 1990-91.
Now in paperback, this award winning volume includes stories of Bill Coperthwaite's experiences with ethnic crafts around the world and highlights his ideas on education, social design and (of course) yurts. A finely crafted book with beautiful photographs and much food for thought.
A re-issue of Dan´s first book. Includes yurt plans for a 13 foot canvas covered yurt.