JADE Yurts
Integrating form and function to foster your well-being.
Our exquisite yurts are one of a kind, finely designed, and crafted.
Uses for Your Yurt
Playhouse
Gazebo
Meditation Space
Guest Quarters
Yoga Room
Creative Work Space
Built with wood, and engineered as a tensile structure, our yurts are based on the design genius of Bill Coperthwaite.
We have two yurts on display at Bayview Corner, ready to go home with you.
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Hummingbird Yurt
The Hummingbird yurt design was inspired by a sketch Bill Coperthwaite made while we were working together on a yurt on Whidbey 15 years ago. Bill built an early version of this as a display at the Country Fair in Maine. The sketch has been pinned above my desk for years. This is my interpretation.
A peaceful space for meditation, gathering or just hanging out.
Uses
Guest house, playhouse for adults or kids, meditation, birdwatching, glamping, massage or sound bath studio, office, shinrin yohu (forest bath), gathering space, cocktail hour, and more.
Features
12’ diameter at the eaves, 7’ diameter at the floor
13 sided
Enclosed, with door and windows
Built on legs, to perch above the ground
Easily transported and set up at your site
Sustainable and toxin free.
Free Delivery and Installation
We will install a simple concealed foundation, transport, and set up the yurt at your location. Installed in one hour (not including delivery time). We will make special arrangements with you if you are not on Whidbey Island.
Siskin Yurt
As a tranquil space to relax, a clay oven, a garden shed, or a functional yard ornament, the Siskin Yurt is smaller than the Hummingbird yurt. Use it for storage, a vantage point for viewing wildlife, or a meditation space.
Uses
Meditation, birdwatching, glamping, roof for clay oven for pizza or bread making, shinrin yohu (forest bath), garden shed, and more.
Features
8’ diameter at eaves
Curved roof
Five-sided walls
Sustainable and toxin free.
“Building yurts is a passion for me. I apprenticed to Bill building yurts as a kid. Now, with all the talent of a company building fine homes available for these projects, I still feel compelled to explore the form and find well-crafted creative expression through building yurts 50 years later”
— Dan Neumeyer
About JADE Yurts and Bill Coperthwaite
JADE builds wood yurts, with tapered walls, in the style built by Bill Coperthwaite. Bill introduced yurts to the west in the early 1960s. Throughout his life, Bill continued to design and build wood yurts with outward sloping walls. His more than 200 designs grew on experience, eventually growing to multiple stories and concentric rings – up to 4 rings, 54’ diameter, and 2,700 square feet. Bill’s interest was twofold: Democratic design – helping people gain confidence and skills, in creating their own beautiful space, and as a design lineage – each yurt exploring the bounds of engineering and aesthetics.
“My work with yurts has continued in Bill’s design lineage, incorporating my interpretation, aesthetics, craftsmanship engineering, and innovation. While at JADE we primarily build fine homes, I can’t help but continue to explore this rich form and express whim and beauty through building yurts.” — Dan Neumeyer
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