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Such North American yurts are better thought of as yurt derivations, as they are no longer round felt homes that are easy to mount, dismount, and transport. North American yurts and yurt derivations were pioneered by William Coperthwaite in the 1960s, after he was inspired to build them by a National Geographic article about Supreme Court ...
Coperthwaite's Harvard research examined the process of instructing groups of students on yurt construction. [2] His dissertation was on native Alaskan culture. [ 6 ] One of the many yurts he built leading student groups (in 1976 on the new campus of World College West in Marin County, California) became the subject of a student-composed song ...
Portable buildings (e.g. yurts) have been used since prehistoric times. [1] Many modern types of portable buildings are designed so that they can be carried to or from the site on a large lorry and slung on and off by a crane.
collapsible trailer patented by Lloyd Jay Bontrager 1967 Jayco collapsible trailer 2004 model. Jayco RV is an American manufacturer of recreational vehicles, and a subsidiary of the Jayco Family of Companies.
Herders use the sun's position in the crown of the yurt as a sundial. Yurts have been used in Central Asia for thousands of years. In Mongolia they have influenced other architectural forms, particularly temples. Between 30 and 40 percent of the population live in yurts, many in city suburbs. [citation needed]
Gary, Indiana, was founded in 1906 by the U.S. Steel corporation as the home for its new plant, Gary Works.The city was named after lawyer Elbert Henry Gary, who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation.
The most numerous of the Siberian Yupik peoples, the Chaplino Eskimos (Ungazigmit) had a round, dome-shaped building for winter. Literature refers to it as a "yaranga", the same term which the Chukchi people use, but the term used in the Chaplino Eskimos' language is mengteghaq (IPA [mɨŋtˈtɨʁaq], extended Cyrillic: мыӈтыӷаӄ). [4]
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