Tipis & Yurts: Authentic Design for Circular Shelters

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Summary: I found this to be a very helpful book
Review: I found this book to be very helpful, and full of practical information about building Tipis and Yurts. The designs are not exact replicas of the traditional structures, but have been modified using canvas instead of skins, and 1x2's for the yurt walls. This makes them applicable for a wide variety of modern uses, and easy to construct for the average person. The designs are well thought out, and the instructions are simple to follow. I guess if you want an EXACT replica of a Sioux Tipi, or a Mongolian Yurt, then you might not be pleased with this book. If you are like me however, and don't want to fool around with skinning animals or foraging for 150 identically-sized sapplings for your Yurt walls..... and simply want to build a cool structure using materials that you can buy locally, then this book is great!

Rating:
Summary: I found this to be a very helpful book
Review: I found this book to be very helpful, and full of practical information about building Tipis and Yurts. The designs are not exact replicas of the traditional structures, but have been modified using canvas instead of skins, and 1x2's for the yurt walls. This makes them applicable for a wide variety of modern uses, and easy to construct for the average person. The designs are well thought out, and the instructions are simple to follow. I guess if you want an EXACT replica of a Sioux Tipi, or a Mongolian Yurt, then you might not be pleased with this book. If you are like me however, and don't want to fool around with skinning animals or foraging for 150 identically-sized sapplings for your Yurt walls..... and simply want to build a cool structure using materials that you can buy locally, then this book is great!

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Summary: Good modern designs.
Review: I had built a yurt and also a tipi before I ever saw this book. I wished that I had read this book before I ever built! Especially the yurt design.... it is a very simple and strong design. If I were to build another one, these are the plans I would follow! The woman who wrote this book deserves alot of credit.

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Summary: Good modern designs.
Review: I had built a yurt and also a tipi before I ever saw this book. I wished that I had read this book before I ever built! Especially the yurt design.... it is a very simple and strong design. If I were to build another one, these are the plans I would follow! The woman who wrote this book deserves alot of credit.

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Summary: "INAUTHENTIC" designs would be a better book title!
Review: I understand what it is to be a new tentmaker, but this book puts very haphazard designs out as if the author is an expert. I agree--read Laubin for tipis (the best I've seen yet)--for yurts try Torvald Faegre's 'TENTS--ARCHITECTURE OF THE NOMADS' or anything by Peter Alford Andrews. Don't buy this book--if it could bark, it would.

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Summary: Tipis and Yurts: Non-Authentic Designs for Circular Shelters
Review: This is a classic coffee table tent book, all flashy pictures and no content. Please don't buy this book if you want detailed information on building either of these tents. The info on tipi's is sparse and you will struggle severly. The yurt is a joke, made from 2 x 2 soft wood and angle iron. For Tipis read the Laubin book, excellent! For yurts surf the web.

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Summary: Beautiful scenery doesn't make up for sloppy tents.
Review: You may be fooled by the beautiful backgrounds, but if you want to build a yurt that can be lived in this is NOT the book for you. Details are sketchy, yurts and tents are not set up well, and patterns shown are non historical. Visually beautiful, but non informative.