The Margarido House in Oakland, California
Completed in 2009, the Margarido House is the first custom home in the US to be LEED-H Platinum certified and GreenPoint Rated.
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From the developers:
The Margarido House is 55 percent more energy efficient than California’s Title 24 energy standards. The home features extensive green building components such as eco-friendly Western Red Cedar 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 (hot water) systems.
Perched in the Oakland Hills on a double-sized 13,000 sq. ft. multi-layer lot overlooking San Francisco Bay, the award-winning Margarido House exemplifies outstanding, sustainable design. Over 4,600 sq. ft. on two levels, the new five-bedroom, five-bath masterpiece features designer finishes throughout, and an open floor plan that takes full advantage of the breathtaking views.
The Margarido House has become a symbol of the movement in high design, high sustainability, collaboration and community. Over 6,000 designers, architects, builders and homeowners have toured the home to learn about sustainability and high design.
For more information and photos visit www.margaridohouse.com
Photography by Mariko Reed
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Philosoraptor on 07 Mar 2010 at 11:19 am #
Holy smokes. Fantastic.
Tere on 07 Mar 2010 at 6:33 pm #
They didn’t sacrifice the design for something that is ecofriendly. Fantastic!
Yasmin Chopin on 08 Mar 2010 at 12:56 am #
I’m doing something similar as a project right now in UK. Very attractive and interesting roof garden. I think it would ‘blow away’in the UK – but we have some good alternative green roofing methods. The cedar adds a lot of warmth to an otherwise cold atmosphere. TV seems a bit high – requiring people sitting on sofa to look up too much – but maybe that’s a trick of the camera. Wish I could get over and see it!
Yasmin Chopin
Interior Designer
DCBN on 08 Mar 2010 at 10:07 am #
The house is beautiful — but why is something this big, that appears to be occupied by a only few people, considered energy- and resource-efficient?
PS on 08 Mar 2010 at 2:47 pm #
Price?
DJ on 09 Mar 2010 at 3:23 pm #
another monument to ego under the guise of “green”, its just as gauche even if you answer the door in a hemp scarf
kj on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:53 pm #
gee i like the character of this crib. the lighting effects are superb…… just wondering what the energy consumption is like?… is the last picture a roof garden or what…. its a cool space. like the icing on the cake.
DMK on 05 Jun 2010 at 9:17 am #
Ecofriendly? Sustainable? It’s large enough to house several families, but it’s probably (certainly) just for one.
Another McMansion in the Oakland Hills, only this one is rendered in (a mountain of) greenwashed materials.
Typical American “sustainability”…
OJA on 22 Oct 2010 at 1:17 pm #
From my real estate agent:
The Margarido house came on the market 10/23/09 for $5.5 million.
It was reduced in February to $4,795,000.
It expired May 16 and has just been relisted for $4.5.
As of today, 10/22/2010 it is listed at $3,950,000.
My agent had a new home listed nearby that was 6,000 sf. with sweeping Bay views listed at $2 million and had very few showings, and it’s price has been dropped to $1.8 million.
I have been through the house – some of the design features are stunning but there is not much land for the $ and the amount of stairs is mind-numbing. Getting to the roof deck garden takes a lot of courage and you can’t be scared of heights. I cut my hand desperately grabbing hard-edged stainless steel railings and got chills looking down to open gratings to the ground 2 or 3 stories below – imagine doing that after a couple of Martinis.
Environmental consciousness and high design meet the realities of the marketplace and the ebbs and flows of the economy.
Makeda on 24 Jan 2011 at 10:57 pm #
Incredible! Is this house still available?