Otter Cove: The Evolution of a Coastal Build

Some sites test a builder more than others. Otter Cove sat on solid granite bedrock at the edge of a coastal bluff in Carmel-by-the-Sea, requiring tribal monitoring, custom pier drilling, and eighteen months of work most contractors never encounter in a career. This is what it actually took to build here.

Video Produced by Mike Buffo, House of 8 Media, Carmel Valley, California.

Otter Cove: The Evolution of a Coastal Build

Eighteen months, one bluff, and a house composed in conversation with the Pacific.

Documentarian Mike Buffo of House of 8 Media has followed this build since the very first day of demolition, capturing eighteen months of work on a site that demanded far more than most, from granite bedrock to steel erection to the glazing phase now underway. Watch the evolution unfold below, and read the full story of what it took to get here on our blog.