Ocean Bluff is located 160 feet above the ocean with magnificent views across the dunes to the ocean below. The limited footprint and topography created both design and construction challenges as well as opportunities. Board form concrete retaining walls were utilized throughout to allow the structure to quietly exist with the native revegetated site which was formerly an expansive and steep green lawn.

By carving out a subterranean lower area on the north side, light enters the lower level on the uphill side. A planted garden provides a calming contrast to the Atlantic ocean on the south. The house is entered over a covered bridge spanning this garden giving one both a sense of arrival and of leaving something behind as all great vacation houses should.