Some initial links

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-yourself-a-portable-home---a-mongolian-yurt/?ALLSTEPS#step8

http://www.yurtinfo.org/yurtplans.php

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/02/diy_yurt_made_out_of_trash.html

http://www.nooitmeerhaast.nl/txteng/the-book.html

http://www.yurts.fsnet.co.uk/