Good multifamily lighting gives every zone of an apartment community the right fixture while keeping one consistent look from the leasing office to the last breezeway. In practice that means wet-rated gooseneck sconces or RLM domes on facades and entries, sealed vaportight fixtures with guards in exterior corridors and stairwells, low-profile sconces inside, bollards along paths, and warm pendants in the clubhouse, all in the same powder-coat color.

Picture a resident coming home after dark: the monument sign glows at the drive, a row of domes washes the brick above the entry doors, and the breezeway to their unit is evenly lit, with no dead bulbs and no cracked jelly jars. That calm, cared-for feeling is what apartment exterior lighting is for. It helps lease-up, and it keeps residents renewing.

For developers and architects, the hard part is not choosing one handsome fixture. It is specifying a few hundred of them that survive weather, abuse and repaint cycles, meet code, and still match when Phase 2 opens three years later. Bock, headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, configures and builds fixtures like the Standard Dome and the VW vaportight to order, so the finish, size and mounting you pick for the first building can be ordered again, exactly, for the next one.

Good multifamily lighting gives every zone of an apartment community the right fixture while keeping one consistent look from the leasing office to the last breezeway. In practice that means wet-rated gooseneck sconces or RLM domes on facades and entries, sealed vaportight fixtures with guards in exterior corridors and stairwells, low-profile sconces inside, bollards along paths, and warm pendants in the clubhouse, all in the same powder-coat color.

Picture a resident coming home after dark: the monument sign glows at the drive, a row of domes washes the brick above the entry doors, and the breezeway to their unit is evenly lit, with no dead bulbs and no cracked jelly jars. That calm, cared-for feeling is what apartment exterior lighting is for. It helps lease-up, and it keeps residents renewing.

For developers and architects, the hard part is not choosing one handsome fixture. It is specifying a few hundred of them that survive weather, abuse and repaint cycles, meet code, and still match when Phase 2 opens three years later. Bock, headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio, configures and builds fixtures like the Standard Dome and the VW vaportight to order, so the finish, size and mounting you pick for the first building can be ordered again, exactly, for the next one.

Walk a garden-style or mid-rise community from the street to a unit door and the lighting job changes every few yards. Here is how we would specify each zone.

### Entries and lobbies
The front door sets the tone for tours. A gooseneck sconce such as the Lanterna, a 10.5" spun-aluminum RLM listed for damp and wet locations, frames a doorway well when mounted above head height. For taller facades, a Step Neck Dome on a gooseneck arm gives a bigger shape that reads from the parking lot.

### Breezeways, exterior corridors and stairwells
Breezeway lighting takes the most abuse on the property: rain blowing in, moving trucks, kids, and the odd thrown ball. Use sealed fixtures with threaded globes and cast guards. The VW wall mount and VX ceiling mount are UL listed for wet locations, with silicone gaskets, stainless fasteners and an optional die-cast aluminum guard. Stairwells also need egress-level light and, under most energy codes, automatic controls.

### Apartment hallway lighting (interior corridors)
Inside, any wall sconce between 27" and 80" above the floor in a circulation path may project no more than 4" under ADA. Choose a slim sconce like the Pierre and confirm its projection on the spec sheet before you lay out the corridor.

### Amenity spaces and leasing office
Clubhouses, fitness rooms and rooftop lounges can carry more personality. Our glass and aluminum pendants, or domes in a bold brand color, tie the amenity spaces back to the facade.

### Courtyards, paths, parking and signage
The P1 bollard lights walkways and parking edges with an 18W LED and 0–10V dimming. Downward-aimed domes on goosenecks light monument signs and leasing signage without spilling light into bedroom windows.

A multifamily package is judged five years after move-in, when the paint has faded, a few globes have been hit and maintenance has to find replacement parts. Specify for that day.

### One finish across every phase
Pick a powder-coat color once and write the exact finish code into the spec. Because we build to order, Phase 2 and Phase 3 can repeat the same code, and the fixtures match the first building instead of a distributor's nearest stock color. The Standard Dome comes in custom powder-coat colors, in 8" to 20" sizes and six mounting types.

### Durability and vandal resistance
At ground level, use guards on anything a hand or a ladder can reach. Vaportights take threaded die-cast guards with stainless set screws; domes take AR wire guards over 41- and 42-size globes. Lexan globes resist breakage, but the cast guard is not available with Lexan, so choose one or the other.

### Maintenance across hundreds of fixtures
Standardize on as few lamp types and globe sizes as you can. Threaded globes on our vaportights make relamping a one-person job. Keep a few spare globes and guards in the maintenance shop.

### Light pollution and controls
Many towns now review multifamily site plans for glare and uplight. Open-bottom domes aimed straight down keep light on the ground. Ask us for IES files and full-cutoff details for your ordinance review. Control exterior fixtures with photocells or an astronomical time clock, and add occupancy sensors in corridors and stairwells where your energy code calls for them.

### Compliance paperwork
Need BAA or BABA documentation for a financed project? The Standard Dome and Lanterna offer BAA/BABA part numbers. For other fixtures, ask us about compliance documentation.