Christian Petersen Design Award
College of Design
Established in 1980 to recognize alumni, staff, and friends of the university for contributions to the advancement of design through personal aesthetic achievement, exceptional support, or extraordinary encouragement and service
Bryce D. Pearsall
BAR Architecture ’71
Phoenix, Ariz.
Bryce D. Pearsall, FAIA, has distinguished himself across the broadest range of leadership, management, and design responsibilities. A managing principal of DLR Group since 1986, he has been central to its growth into one of the nation’s largest and most successful architecture and engineering firms, with offices in 14 cities. In 2004, the Phoenix office became the first in Arizona and fourth in the United States to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Commercial Interiors certification. In 2009, DLR Group ranked eighth in The Architect 50, Architect’s list of the top 50 U.S.-based architecture firms.
Pearsall is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, national chair of the AIA Large Firm Roundtable, and a LEED Accredited Professional. His project leadership and design work have appeared in national and international professional publications, including Architectural Record, Architecture, American School and University, Architekt + Wettbewerbe (Stuttgart), Arizona Business, Corrections Today, Education Family Planner, Learning by Design, L’Industria Delle Construzioni (Rome), New York Times, Progressive Architecture, and USA Today.
Pearsall is chair of the ISU College of Design’s Advancement Council and a past chairman of the ISU Architecture Advisory Council. He served on the ISU College of Design Dean Search Committee in 2008-2009. In 2003, Pearsall received a Design Achievement Award from the ISU College of Design. He is a member of the Order of the Knoll and a life member of the ISU Alumni Association.
Pearsall and his wife, Rita, have three children: Tyson Pearsall, Regan (Pearsall) Tidmarsh (’04 marketing), and Drew Pearsall.
