In 2008 Christian relocated to Abu Dhabi to open and manage Rafael Vinoly’s Middle East office. While in Abu Dhabi Christian led the coordination efforts of a multidisciplinary team of over 100 architects and engineers. His responsibilities included organizing and chairing end user workshops, contract management, and construction administration. Concurrent with these activities, he played an integral role in successfully obtaining statutory approvals from a myriad of government authorities in line with construction programs.In 2014 Christian moved back to New York and was the director of various luxury hospitality and residential projects in New York City.