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Welcome to Pharos Architectural Controls

Pharos is an award-winning British manufacturer of dynamic lighting control solutions for architecture, themed entertainment, and other specialist industries. Our hardware and software are designed and built in-house, backed by a 5-year warranty, and supported by an experienced technical team.

Discover our dynamic lighting control ranges

Your first choice in control.

The easy to specify, easy to install, and cost-effective DMX and DALI control solution for architectural projects with decorative and dynamic lighting requirements.

Explore Express

Flexible. Versatile. Powerful.

Comprehensive, scalable, feature-rich dynamic lighting control solutions for architainment, show control and themed environment lighting projects.

Discover Designer

Applications

Pharos products are designed to be used in a diverse range of applications and installations. Tour our Applications to discover the benefits and solutions our controllers provide, and browse our Showcase to see the what our customers have achieved with Pharos.

Video Mapped Buildings

Transform your façade with pixel-mapped LED arrays

Bridges & Structures

Illuminate giant structures with artistic lighting

Themed Attractions

Immersive experiences to delight and engage

Façades

Highlight your buildings with stunning lighting

Places Of Worship

Reach your community with beautiful lighting

Urban Spaces

Create welcoming spaces for visitors and residents alike

Cityscapes

Beautify buildings with cohesive citywide light installations

Water Features

Colourful lighting brings fountains and water shows to life

Go to all Applications

Go to all Showcases

DYNAMIC LIGHTING CONTROLFOR EVERY PROJECT

Award-winning British manufacturer

Pharos is a specialist lighting controls company, working in collaboration with many leading fixture and systems manufacturers to deliver the best integrated control solutions for architectural and themed settings. Our experienced team has been designing and building our software and controllers in the UK since 2004, backed up by global technical support, making Pharos one of the most trusted lighting controls solutions in the world.

People

Meet the individuals that make Pharos the company it is: helpful, reliable and knowledgeable.

Support

Available 24/7 by email and telephone to help you troubleshoot a problem, answer a query or provide feedback.

Reliable

You can be confident in Pharos. Our developers have created products that just work, whatever you demand of them.

LPC

Our flagship controller, the Pharos LPC, is installed all over the world. The original and still the best!

Customers First

Our products are solid-state and designed with complete stability and reliability in mind. All Pharos products come with a 5-year warranty and our experienced technical support team is available 24/7 for any hardware or programming queries.

The flexibility and robustness of the Designer LPC allowed us to create precise synchronisation between all show elements, helping bring the world of Smurfs to life.

Tom Mampaey, Lux Lumen | Project: Plopsaland Deutschland, Germany

Pharos allowed us to refine the design over time and ultimately deliver a solution where the entire façade could be treated as a dynamic, architectural canvas.

Nick Abel, LS Group | Project: NZICC, New Zealand

The Express system from Pharos is an impressive range… Not only is the technology incredibly powerful, it is simple to use and understand.

Liela Sheppard, Dextra Group | Project: University of West England, UK

With the support of Pharos control solutions, we were able to deliver precise, layered lighting that reveals the building’s heritage without overpowering it.

Alexandre Tougas, LightFactor | Project: Maisonneuve Library, Canada

Pharos gave us the flexibility to develop highly customised scripting and control functionality, whilst still maintaining a reliable and intuitive user experience.

Annelise Goodwin, LS Group | Project: Parakiore, New Zealand

With Pharos Express, we were able to create a control solution that is robust, easy to manage and flexible enough to support both subtle architectural lighting and dynamic colour scenes.

John Burggraaf, LRS Solutions | Project: Chimney Oirschot, Netherlands