Bill Gates's house explained
Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that overlooks Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66000square feet mansion[1] incorporates technology in its design.[2]
In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.[3]
Design and features
The house was designed collaboratively by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler-Anderson Architects of Bainbridge Island, Washington.[4] [5] [6]
The mansion is a modern design in the Pacific lodge style, with classic features such as a private library with a dome-shaped roof and oculus.[7] [8] The house features an estate-wide server system, a 60feet swimming pool with an underwater music system, a 2500square feet gym, and a 1000square feet dining room.[9]
There are six kitchens and 24 bathrooms, ten of which contain bathtubs.[10]
In popular culture
The house was made fun of in Dilbert in January 1997 when the lead character was forced to become a towel boy after his failure to read an end-user license agreement over purchased Microsoft software.[11] Some online news articles call the house Xanadu 2.0, a reference to the motion picture Citizen Kane, which was itself a reference to the opening lines of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem Kubla Khan.[12] [13]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kirsch . Noah . Here Are The Properties At Stake In The Gates Divorce . 2022-09-26 . Forbes . en.
- Web site: Bill Gates' stately pleasure dome and futuristic home . November 23, 1997 . Folkers, Richard . August 24, 2017 . September 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917213311/https://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/articles/1997/11/23/xanadu-20 . live .
- Web site: Taxman Cometh. Seattle Weekly. May 16, 2008. Anderson, Rick. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130417180124/http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/blogs/dailyweekly/2008/05/gates_taxman_cometh.php. April 17, 2013.
- Web site: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.com . February 21, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928023214/http://www.bcj.com/public/projects/project/12.html . September 28, 2007 .
- Web site: Cutler Anderson Architects . . cutler-anderson.com . August 10, 2016 . April 28, 2001 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010428041406/http://www.cutler-anderson.com/ . live .
- Book: Becraft, Michael B. . Bill Gates: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) . 130 . Greenwood . 2014 . 978-1440830136 . 2019-10-01 . 2020-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917213254/https://books.google.com/books?id=klV_BAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA130&dq=bill+gates+house++Bohlin+Cywinski+Jackson+Cutler-Anderson+Architects&pg=PA130&hl=en#v=onepage&q=bill%20gates%20house%20%20Bohlin%20Cywinski%20Jackson%20Cutler-Anderson%20Architects&f=false . live .
- https://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/billgate/gates.htm "Technology: Bill Gates' House"
- https://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/billgate/room1a.htm "Pool Building"
- Web site: Photo Gallery: Homes Of The Billionaires . . September 17, 2020 . March 11, 2009 . September 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917213254/https://www.forbes.com/2009/03/11/billionaire-homes-expensive-billionaires-2009-lifestyle-real-estate-homes.html#7891dd1a3c43 . live .
- https://www.arch2o.com/tour-inside-bill-gates-house/#:~:text=There%20are%206%20kitchens%20in,10%20of%20which%20contain%20bathtubs.
- Web site: Tuesday January 14, 1997 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917213254/https://dilbert.com/strip/1997-01-14 . September 17, 2020 . September 17, 2020 . Dilbert.
- Web site: 19 crazy facts about Bill Gates' $127 million mansion. Business Insider.
- Web site: Home feature: Bill Gates' mansion.