SoHo Loft
New York, NY

Stainless Steel Mesh Loft Walls; Pocket Doors and Windows

A high-concept reinterpretation of the SoHo loft, this Richard Gluckman-designed apartment follows the tradition of splitting tall industrial spaces to make a second-level bedroom. However, Gluckman manages to forgo the thick support structures this adaptive plan usually requires by actually suspending the second floor from the ceiling, thanks to the tensile strength in the architectural metal support – a stainless steel mesh perimeter custom fabricated by Jaroff Design.  Instead, an ultra-thin floor separates the bed from the kitchen, keeping spaces larger and more open, while the mesh partitions allow for flexible amounts of privacy in the sleeping areas, becoming transparent when lit from behind, and opaque when lit from the front. The Mondrian-inspired pocket doors incorporate custom metal and glass fabrication to form interior windows out of blackened steel and alternating squares of clear and colored glass.

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.