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Recent Examples of wickiupPart tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.—Popular Science, 28 May 2020 The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
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Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
After battling nine days of brutal heat, zero security, and rough nights in mud huts, the Clooneys returned to the U.S. in time for a rally organized by the Save Darfur Coalition on the National Mall, where other speakers included then Senator Barack Obama.
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Jake Tapper,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut for the off season.
McCarthy and Carey named the shack after their best friend, Thomas Kelly.
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Jason Dill,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2025
His father was not a provider, although his mother was imaginative and resourceful in a two-room shack with a natural spring for water and an outhouse.
Manuel Venegas, the museum’s director of media relations, asked Schneider to explain the meaning behind the many windows and doors of this shanty town-esque fantasia.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
His tastes ebbed and flowed between aggressive music and more esoteric tastes, as his collaborators came to range from Richard Thompson to Hal Willner, whose tribute to Federico Fellini and Nino Rota included contributions from Thomas, as did a collection of sea shanties.
The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.
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Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
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Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Last year, the outdoor dining sheds came down, and the parkers pulled back in.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Suncast Resin Vertical Tool Shed $623 $346 at Wayfair
Unlike other outdoor storage solutions that are made of clunky wood or metal, this shed is an aesthetically pleasing alternative that won’t be an eyesore.
This all-boys camp knows all about classic summers.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.
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