Upper East Side Duplex
New York, NY

Grand Foyer and Staircase; Bronze Gate and Decorative Panels

Jaroff Design worked as the architectural glass and metal design consultant to Adam Tihany in order to create opulent and complex Art Nouveau-inspired spaces for this three-story residence. The grand marble and metal staircase leading from the foyer to the second floor was composed of a forged stainless steel support stringer, marble treads, and custom art deco-designed bronze railings. The illuminating dome above the stair is polished silver leaf, surrounded by rings of precious gold leaf, and panels of lit glass. The marble floor of the landing is further inlaid with gold, silver and semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli. Accompanying the curving stair, the fiber optic-lit wall which wraps around the steps uses innovative material texturing in the integrated lightbox and laminated, frosted glass to give the impress of translucent white onyx. On the second floor, Joseph Jaroff designed the open-framed, decorative forged bronze gate and stainless steel columns that designate entry to the bar area. For the study, we created a series of caste, white bronze elephant panels, split down the middle and inlaid into wooden cabinets to serve as door pulls.

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, primarily in 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.