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Bill Gates's house

Bill Gates designed and owns a 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington.[1] In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.[2]

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Design

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The house was designed collaboratively by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler-Anderson Architects of Bainbridge Island, Washington.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7] The house features an estate-wide server system, a 60-foot (18 m) swimming pool with an underwater music system, a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) gym, and a 1,000-square-foot (93 m2) dining room.[8] There are six kitchens and 24 bathrooms, ten of which contain bathtubs.[9]

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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.[10] Some 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.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ Kirsch, Noah. "Here Are The Properties At Stake In The Gates Divorce". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. ^ Anderson, Rick (May 16, 2008). "Taxman Cometh". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on April 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.com". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
  4. ^ "Cutler Anderson Architects". cutler-anderson.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2001. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Becraft, Michael B. (2014). Bill Gates: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies). Greenwood. p. 130. ISBN 978-1440830136. Archived from the original on 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  6. ^ "Technology: Bill Gates' House" Archived January 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  7. ^ "Pool Building" Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  8. ^ "Photo Gallery: Homes Of The Billionaires". Forbes. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  9. ^ "9 Facts About Bill Gates' House You Probably Didn't Know About It - Arch2O.com". Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  10. ^ "Tuesday January 14, 1997". Dilbert. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Madeline Stone; Matt Weinberger. "19 crazy facts about Bill Gates' $127 million mansion". Business Insider.
  12. ^ Christopher Chitty. "Home feature: Bill Gates' mansion". Archived from the original on 2022-03-16.
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