Canberra-based architect Nathan Gibson Judd won a 2010 Emerging Architect Prize from the Australian Institute of Architects for his fresh approach to small-scale suburban housing. We especially like Gibson Judd's reinterpretations of 1950s and 60s Australian beach houses: open-plan, light-filled structures with a holiday feel—featuring unexpected jolts of what he calls "optimistic" color. For more information, go to Nathan Gibson Judd Architecture. Photography by Brett Boardman.
Above: The pink Bridge lighting fixture, designed by George Seris for Belgian lighting company Dark, "anchors the space with a vibrant glow. The found and refurbished Tulip table features a top that's colored to match an early seventies surfboard."
Above: "The green of the cabinetry helps bring a sense of the garden into the interiors," according to Gibson Judd.
Above: A bookcase sliver holds a collection of cookbooks.
Above: The "snappy and funky living room" features simple and robust materials—polished concrete floors, metal bookshelves, a brick wall.