Location/ Oakland, California
Architect/ Onion Flats
Built/ 2009
Published/ California Home+Design September 2008, as well as several international publications in Australia, China, Dubai and India.
Info/ The Margarido House is a LEED Platinum home. It is 55 percent more energy efficient than California’s Title 24 energy standards. The home features extensive green building components such as eco-friendly siding, a planted green roof garden and deck, on-site rain and ground water reclamation, in-floor hydronic heating, and solar electric and solar thermal systems.