New to Yurts, buying soon! Help!

[Kiki]

Hello-
I live in Santa Barbara, CA near the beach. I want to place a small yurt in my back yard (surface currently is tanbark.dirt. I am looking for 14 - 16 foot diameter. i have a lot of questions and hope the experienced folks can get me started.

The use of my yurt will be mainly for lounging in, evening entertaining, and occasional sleepovers. Not too much rain around here (especially lately). Coldest temps in winter are around mid-50s at night, warmest temps are around 80 (summer days). Thus I do not think

insulation

is a big priority, but I am wondering if i should forego

insulation

altogether? I would like as much light as possible but I also don't want it to heat up too much inside during the day or to feel every breeze. Thoughts? I also want at least two windows that can be left open most of the time and hope to have a design that can accommodate a double door arrangement (e.g. double-hung french doors). I have looked around on line and see there are lots of manufacturers, and don't know how to narrow it down (other than perhaps by proximity to my home to reduce shipping costs). Any input on that would be great. Lastly, I think i will have my handyman build the deck, maybe using discarded pallets with a 1/2 to 3/4 inch plywood topping. Would that be a good approach?