Warner Brothers
New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA

Custom Stairs, Rails & Furniture in Steel, Bronze and Chain Mail

Bausmann Gills’ vision for the new Warner Brothers offices called for a warm golden hue and classic Hollywood style. Our decorative metal staircase in deep bronze creates a reddish cast, and the custom sine/cosine curve of the ornamental handrails lends movement to the otherwise angular grids that make up the reception lobby. The hanging chain mail panels, which partition the staircase, create the impression of the steps being suspended from above. Both the upstairs and downstairs lobbies feature our superior custom architectural metal fabrication, seen in the blackened steel and bronze desks and custom furniture, and at the entry-way, where bronze-trimmed bronze entry doors are completed by door handles made up of the famous WB logo in cast-bronze.

For the past thirty-eight plus years, Jaroff Design, under the management of founder Joseph Jaroff, has led the design, fabrication, installation and coordination of custom architectural glass and metal for the construction, architecture, interior design and art communities.

Joe received a BFA in Metalwork and Sculpture from RIT’s prestigious School for American Craft and studied Art History at Harvard University. During the time he was a student, Joe received several grants for public art projects including those from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council for the Arts.

After graduating, Joe moved to New York City to pursue an art career, supplementing his income with architectural metal and glass design and fabrication work for contractors and commissioned projects. This early work led Joe to the realization that he could fill an unrecognized need within the building and arts community through blending his skill sets of designer, fabricator, coordinator and project orchestrator.

Jaroff Design has developed and realized design solutions for projects by architects such as Tony Chi, Herzog & De Meuron, Richard Gluckmann, Peter Marino, Toshiko Mori, Polshek Partnership Architects, Ennead Architects, S.O.M., Phillipe Stark, Adam Tihany, Annabelle Selldorf, Andrew Berman and The Rockwell Group among many others.

Fashion Clients include showrooms and flagship locations for Armani, Issey Miyake, Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Stella McCartney, Barneys, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef & Arpels, YSL and Chanel.

Fine dining clientele have seen JD work at Asiate, Le Cirque, The Sea Grill, 11 Madison Avenue, Bruno’s Wine Club and the Hudson Hotel Bar. Cultural clients include Jazz at Lincoln Center, MOMA PS1 and New York City Center.