I’ve never been a fan of log cabins, at least not the sort most people associate with the name, where large diameter logs are left ‘in the round’ and stacked up by notching them out near their ends and interlocking them in alternating rows at the corners:

To me the effect is both crude and kitsch at the same time. But when the logs are squared off, or dressed into planks, and especially so when the gaps are plastered, ‘log’ cabins become a different thing entirely- they have the right balance of rusticity and sophistication, and you can easily imagine them being integrated into a ‘modern’ design very effectively.