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Sarah Jacoby Architect

Based in Long Island City, New York, Sarah Jacoby Architect shapes residential projects through asymmetrical roofline geometries, unexpected color pairings, and floating interior elements that gently delineate open volumes. The work serves as a strong reference when specifying custom suspended cabinetry, detailing seamless stone-wrapped kitchen surfaces, or balancing dramatic roof slopes in single-family homes.

Interior view through a faceted white framed wall opening revealing a wooden staircase by Sarah Jacoby Architect.

Interior view through a faceted white framed wall opening revealing a

A precise interior aperture precedent that uses a custom-framed wall cutout to stage a diagonal wooden stair as a compositional artwork.

What we like about this project
The single chamfered corner on the interior window cutout softens an otherwise orthogonal frame and echoes the stair's upward angle.

Materials

  • painted-drywall
  • timber
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • faceted-aperture
  • wooden-staircase
  • vertical-balusters
  • framed-view

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • residential

Visual tags

  • interior-window
  • framing
  • stair
  • minimalist
  • layered-space
Geometry
A large rectangular interior wall cutout with an upper-left chamfered corner frames a diagonal wooden stair and vertical balusters beyond.
Structural guess
Non-loadbearing interior partition framing an independent stair structure.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled interior framing element; the stair and balusters are sized for comfortable residential passage.
Lighting
Soft, diffuse daylight floods down from an unseen overhead skylight, creating clean separation between planes.
Atmosphere
Quiet, luminous, and geometrically composed.
Environmental context
Interior partition wall looking into a stairwell and vertical circulation volume with an exterior window showing mature green foliage.
Spatial experience
The framed aperture creates a layered threshold effect, drawing the eye from a flat plaster foreground plane into a deep, light-filled multi-level circulation zone.
Composition rhythm
The closely spaced vertical balusters create a crisp comb-like rhythm running parallel to the diagonal stair stringer.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist residential intervention
Program
Residential circulation
Perspective
Detail Close-up
Discipline
architecture
Materials
painted-drywall, timber, glass
Visual identifiers
faceted-aperture, wooden-staircase, vertical-balusters, framed-view
Style tags
contemporary, minimalist, residential
Visual tags
interior-window, framing, stair, minimalist, layered-space
Geometry
A large rectangular interior wall cutout with an upper-left chamfered corner frames a diagonal wooden stair and vertical balusters beyond.
Structural guess
Non-loadbearing interior partition framing an independent stair structure.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled interior framing element; the stair and balusters are sized for comfortable residential passage.
Lighting
Soft, diffuse daylight floods down from an unseen overhead skylight, creating clean separation between planes.
Atmosphere
Quiet, luminous, and geometrically composed.
Environmental context
Interior partition wall looking into a stairwell and vertical circulation volume with an exterior window showing mature green foliage.
Spatial experience
The framed aperture creates a layered threshold effect, drawing the eye from a flat plaster foreground plane into a deep, light-filled multi-level circulation zone.
Composition rhythm
The closely spaced vertical balusters create a crisp comb-like rhythm running parallel to the diagonal stair stringer.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist residential intervention
Program
Residential circulation
Perspective
Detail Close-up
Discipline
architecture

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Interior view through a faceted white framed wall opening revealing a wooden staircase by Sarah Jacoby Architect.

Interior view through a faceted white framed wall opening revealing a

A precise interior aperture precedent that uses a custom-framed wall cutout to stage a diagonal wooden stair as a compositional artwork.

What we like about this project
The single chamfered corner on the interior window cutout softens an otherwise orthogonal frame and echoes the stair's upward angle.

Materials

  • painted-drywall
  • timber
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • faceted-aperture
  • wooden-staircase
  • vertical-balusters
  • framed-view

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • residential

Visual tags

  • interior-window
  • framing
  • stair
  • minimalist
  • layered-space
Geometry
A large rectangular interior wall cutout with an upper-left chamfered corner frames a diagonal wooden stair and vertical balusters beyond.
Structural guess
Non-loadbearing interior partition framing an independent stair structure.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled interior framing element; the stair and balusters are sized for comfortable residential passage.
Lighting
Soft, diffuse daylight floods down from an unseen overhead skylight, creating clean separation between planes.
Atmosphere
Quiet, luminous, and geometrically composed.
Environmental context
Interior partition wall looking into a stairwell and vertical circulation volume with an exterior window showing mature green foliage.
Spatial experience
The framed aperture creates a layered threshold effect, drawing the eye from a flat plaster foreground plane into a deep, light-filled multi-level circulation zone.
Composition rhythm
The closely spaced vertical balusters create a crisp comb-like rhythm running parallel to the diagonal stair stringer.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist residential intervention
Program
Residential circulation
Perspective
Detail Close-up
Discipline
architecture
Materials
painted-drywall, timber, glass
Visual identifiers
faceted-aperture, wooden-staircase, vertical-balusters, framed-view
Style tags
contemporary, minimalist, residential
Visual tags
interior-window, framing, stair, minimalist, layered-space
Geometry
A large rectangular interior wall cutout with an upper-left chamfered corner frames a diagonal wooden stair and vertical balusters beyond.
Structural guess
Non-loadbearing interior partition framing an independent stair structure.
Spatial scale
Human-scaled interior framing element; the stair and balusters are sized for comfortable residential passage.
Lighting
Soft, diffuse daylight floods down from an unseen overhead skylight, creating clean separation between planes.
Atmosphere
Quiet, luminous, and geometrically composed.
Environmental context
Interior partition wall looking into a stairwell and vertical circulation volume with an exterior window showing mature green foliage.
Spatial experience
The framed aperture creates a layered threshold effect, drawing the eye from a flat plaster foreground plane into a deep, light-filled multi-level circulation zone.
Composition rhythm
The closely spaced vertical balusters create a crisp comb-like rhythm running parallel to the diagonal stair stringer.
Style reading
Contemporary minimalist residential intervention
Program
Residential circulation
Perspective
Detail Close-up
Discipline
architecture

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