Pierre Bruno Bourla

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Pierre Bruno Bourla (19 December 1783 – 31 December 1866) was a Paris-born Belgian architect. He was the city architect in Antwerp from 1819 to 1861, and a professor of architecture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. His most famous work is the Royal Theatre built between 1827 and 1834, known popularly after him as the Bourla theatre. He also designed new buildings for the Antwerp Academy, built the entrance gate to the city's botanical gardens, expanded the St. Elizabeth's hospital, restored the cathedral, and renovated the town hall.

Image:Bourla-profile.jpg Royal Theatre in Antwerp, built between 1827 and 1834. It is known as the "Bourla theatre" (Bourla Schouwburg)]]

He died in Antwerp in 1866, and was buried at St. Lawrence's. His body was transferred to the Schoonselhof cemetery in 1930.

Honours

Gallery

Image:Bourla inkompoort 1826.jpg|Botanical gardens entrance gate

Image:Antwerp Bourla Theatre.jpg|Bourla theatre

Image:AntwerpenAcademie.JPG|Academy of Fine Arts entrance gate

References

  • Alfred Willis, "Bourla, Pierre (Bruno)," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press [accessed 11 April 2008]
  • [http://www.aviewoncities.com/antwerp/bourla.htm "Bourla Theater" at A View on Cities]
  • [http://www.schoonselhof.be/bourla.html Schoonselhof cemetery]

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Category:1783 births

Category:1866 deaths

Category:Architects from Antwerp

Category:Belgian neoclassical architects

Category:Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)

Category:Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium

Category:Dutch architects

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