The Nomad yurt kit includes a bamboo frame, a crown ring, a WeatherMAX cover, a WeatherMAX crown cover (not shown), and - unlike most yurt kits - a beautifully sanded and sealed modular floor platform. Price: $ 7,900 The Nomad is made from nature-friendly materials including: Solid Core Bamboo, a renewable, flexible, strong and light material 50 times stronger than oak but lighter than steel. Bamboo grows at rates of more than a 3 feet a day, and is increasingly being cultivated as a sustainable solution for modern architectural applications; and WeatherMAX FR, an advanced, exterior-grade, anti-flammable fabric that delivers “unsurpassed water repellency, mildew and oil resistance with¬out relying on environmentally unfriendly coating compounds.”