Lincoln Square Penthouse
New York, NY

High-Tech Bathroom in Stainless Steel; Bronze Partition

Joseph Jaroff worked closely with this celebrity client to capture a unique aesthetic and incorporate innovative, high-tech accessories into the bathroom-experience. We created a fully-enclosed, curved shower, primarily in stainless steel and glass, which allowed pan-directional jets to give a shower-in-the-round, and for the space to double as a steam room. We also designed the integrated speakers and sound-system to provide entertainment while relaxing in the bath. The bathroom entry features custom Jaroff designed architectural metal doors, frames and hardware in which the exaggerated gears and handle mechanism express the function of the French door cremone hardware – a relation of form to function for which Joe and the client had a shared appreciation. As custom metal contractors, we designed the mechanics and then fabricated a retractable door for the entertainment room’s projection screen to descend from the ceiling, and created custom lighting fixtures for numerous rooms in the apartment, and a thin woven bronze partition for the living room.

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.