4 Elements for Your Outdoor Scenery

Air. Fire. Water. Earth.

These ancient elements have always held power, but they become all the more dynamic when combined with Cape Cod’s spectacular scenery. Builders, architects and landscape architects who inhabit the idyllic peninsula and its islands are harnessing their raw energy and aesthetic like never before. Here follows our ode to the elements, and to the trade professionals channeling them in bold and exciting ways....

Air

Andrew A. Flake, Inc; Hutker Architects, Inc; Horiuchi Solien Landscape Architect; Wells and Fox; Photo by Brian Vanden Brink

Duckham Architecture & Interiors; Steven J. Bishopric, Inc.; Photo by Richard Mandelkorn

Cape Associates, Inc.; Jill Neubauer Architects, Inc.; Photo by Dan Cutrona

Cape Associates, Inc.; Jill Neubauer Architects, Inc.; Photo by Dan Cutrona

Patrick Ahearn Architect; Colonial Reproductions, Inc.; Photo by Greg Premru

C.H. Newton Builders, Inc.; Leroy Street Studio; Photo by Christian Phillips & Adlife

Kistler & Knapp Builders, Inc.; Foster Associates; Photo by Warren Jagger

Fire

Cataldo Custom Builders, Inc.; Bilowz Associates, Inc.; Photo by Greg Bilowz

Sea-Dar Construction; Hutker Architects, Inc.; Vivian Hedges Interiors; Herrick & White Architectural Woodworkers; Horiuchi Solien Landscape Architect; Photo by Brian Vanden Brink

Schumacher Companies; Photo by Mitch Harper

Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders; Photographer: Brian Vanden Brink

Patrick Ahearn Architect; E.J. Jaxtimer; Photo by Dan Cutrona

Water

Patrick Ahearn Architect; Colonial Reproductions, Inc.; Photo by Greg Premru

Schumacher Companies; Photo by Mitch Harper

Cataldo Custom Builders, Inc.; Photo by Dan Cutrona

Andrew A. Flake, Inc.; Olsen Sundberg Kundig Allen Associates; Stephen Stimson Associates; Photo by Peter Vanderwarker, Bob Gothard

Sea-Dar Construction; Hutker Architects, Inc.; Vivian Hedges Interiors; Herrick & White; Photo by Brain Vanden Brink

Earth

Kimberly Mercurio Landscape Architecture; Photo by Kimberly Mercurio

Dan Gordon Landscape Architects; Photo by Charles Mayer

LDa Architecture & Interiors; Curtin Construction Company; Gregory Lombardi Design; Photo by Neil Landino

Andrew A. Flake, Inc.; Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Associates; Stephen Stimson Associates; Photo by Peter Vanderwarker

Andrew A. Flake, Inc.; Robert Young Architects; Horiuchi Solien Landscape Architects; Photo by Todd Burdette

LDa Architecture & Interiors; Curtin Construction Company; Gregory Lombardi Design; Photo by Rosemary Fletcher

View Elemental Style featured in Boston Design Guide's Cape & Islands, 2nd edition (pages 33-41).