DANA MERRYDAY/THE CHRONICLE
These structures are known as “yurts” in the West. The word comes from the Russian “yurta,” which in turn comes from the Turkic word “jurt.”
COTTAGE GROVE – Alan Bair never intended to start a company or a movement.
Then one day, he read an article on yurts in National Geographic detailing how nomadic sheepherders created one of the most efficient surface-to-volume ratio structures by using very lightweight natural materials.
His curiosity was…
