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Pharos Expert 2.0.1 now available to download

Pharos Designer 2.15.3 now available to download

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.

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Expert makes light of it.

The easy to specify, easy to install, and cost-effective dynamic lighting control solution for architectural lighting projects, where the software is the expert so you don’t have to be.

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Flexible. Versatile. Powerful.

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

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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.

Stadiums & Sport

An unforgettable experience for sports fans

Hospitality

Flexible multi-zone lighting control for all your spaces

Landscapes

Colourful lighting brings landscapes to life

Healthcare

Enhance wellbeing with human-centric lighting control

Son Et Lumière

Make magic with dynamic light and sound shows

Retail

Display your store and your products in their best light

Façades

Highlight your buildings with stunning lighting

Themed Attractions

Immersive experiences to delight and engage

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 Pharos Designer LPC gave us everything we needed… we will be sure to look for opportunities to specify this solution in the future.

Ryan Wilkinson, Wired Media Solutions | Project: City of Anaheim, USA

The Pharos solutions gave us the flexibility and reliability to … deliver a perfectly aligned lighting experience at a truly urban scale.

Elie Bouskela, Soliled | Project: Champs-Élysées Illuminations, France

The Expert 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

The power and versatility of the Designer LPC is astounding. It has enabled us to use just one system to control and manage such a variety of technological elements of Portlantis.

Tom Aarts, Ata Tech | Project: Portlantis, Netherlands

Dive in to some of our Customer Projects

Here’s a selection of Pharos projects from around the world.

Welcome to Pharos Architectural Controls

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