This article was originally published on Christie’s International Real Estate’s blog Luxury Defined.
Every six months, Bill Gates takes off to the woods and spends a week reading, thinking, and walking among the cedar trees surrounding his log cabin somewhere in America’s Pacific Northwest (the exact location is a closely guarded secret). Gates has been doing this for years—it’s his way of freeing up his brain from stress. With the current health crisis in mind, more people seem keen to follow his example, and the demand for a modern log cabin has never been higher.