Muse Hotel
New York, NY

Stainless Steel & Frosted Glass Marquee, Columns and Detailing

For this new Time Square hotel, Architect Philip Koether and Joseph Jaroff designed a uniquely engineered marquee that combined custom glass and stainless steel in opposition to their typical usage. They envisioned a light, loose matrix of thin stainless steel to create the illusion of floating glass. Over this, the textured, frosted and laminated glass, which is illuminated at night, actually provides the strength and architectural integrity to the stainless steel structure. This inversion conveys the mysterious, otherworldly impression that aligns the hovering, glowing marquee with the Muse of the title. In a masterful combination of architectural metal and glass, continuing this updated Greek theme, Mison also fabricated the hotel’s bronze plaques, planters and even the fire hydrants, to create a unified and cohesive facade decor.

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.