JOW Office is a full-service architecture and interior design studio that crafts spaces to enrich and bring joy the experience of daily life. We are a research driven practice whose projects are characterized by their elegant geometries and exhibit a deep understanding of material detail. We work across project types including affordable and high-end residential, commercial/retail, and hospitality.
Our studio is committed to sustainable building and works with communities to identify opportunities for how design can be leveraged as a catalyst for change. We believe in an architecture that is in critical dialogue with history, culture, and the institutions around us. Each project is a collaborative opportunity to both re-articulate old processes and discover the new.The office is run concurrently with a collective of talented and dedicated designers who execute collaborative research and projects.
JOW Office is led by Joshua Jow who has experience spanning over 15 years. Prior to founding this studio he worked with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and TenBerke Architects in New York on a variety of cultural and educational projects helping institutions connect design thinking to their missions. He is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Spitzer School of Architecture at CUNY where his teaching and research focus on adaptive reuse and multi-family housing. Joshua holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Joshua is a registered architect in the state of New York.
New York, NY
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Design by Ayham Ghraowi + Matt Wolff