Metro Lighting has presented the Cascade Multi-Pendant Lighting Fixture. The design of this pendant light enables multiple pendants to be hung from a single junction box. The glass pendant shades are available in a clear or sandblasted finish and a variety of colors including aqua; citrus; celery; cobalt; copper; olive; plum and twilight. These river glass shades are created by melting crushed bottles and jars in a furnace, adding pigment, and pressing the molten glass into molds. Metro Lighting is focused on customization and offers a variety of glass shade designs and colors for this fixture. A metal canopy plate can be made in any size to fit any number of pendants and is available in oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel or a range of other finishes. From the canopy hang 30- to 36-inch cords which are often in varied lengths for visual interest. The cord lengths can be made to various lengths as specified by the client.
The standard Cascade Multi-Pendant fixture features 5 hanging pendants, however this Metro Lighting fixture can be customized for each client with as few as 2 pendants. Metro Lighting builds lighting fixtures in their on-site shop, which allows them to be flexible with their designs and produce fixtures and shades to meet the design needs of the customer. Cascade fixtures with up to 22 pendants and up to 20 feet in length have been created for clients with large-scale projects.
Metro Lighting is located in Berkeley, Calif., and is a founding member of the West Berkeley Design Loop. It is owned by Lawrence Grown and Christa Rybczynski who finished architecture school but later changed paths to become lighting fixture designers. They created Metro Lighting as a certified green business which is powered by 120 solar panels on the roof of their showroom and fabrication shop.
The specifications of the standard Cascade 5-Light Multi-Pendant Fixture with Cup Shades include a 5-inch-wide by 34.5-inch-long by 3/4-inch-high canopy plate. Glass shades are 5-inches in diameter by 5-inches high. A mounting bracket of approximately 4.5- by 33- by 1/2-inches provides ease when mounting to the ceiling.
Metro Lighting fixtures are available at their showroom in Berkeley, Calif., or online at MetroLighting.com. The 5 Light Cascade Pendant is available in oil rubbed bronze or in brushed nickel with a brushed stainless steel canopy.