His design work has been internationally recognized and widely published. After graduating with honors from the University of Western Australia in 2003 aged 26, Kristjan established SPACE consultants, a multidisciplinary design studio with a breadth of focus ranging from small domestic interventions through commercial interiors and regional masterplanning. More recently he has been based in New York City, collaborating on projects in Mexico and NYC. His work has featured in numerous Architectural journals including MARK magazine (NL), Monitor (Italy/ Russia), Artichoke (Australia), Beyond (China), SPACE (Korea). Kristjan has led architectural design studios at Columbia University in New York, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology.