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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.

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

Honours

• 1846: Member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
• 1840: Knight of the Order of Leopold.

Gallery

• Botanical gardens entrance gate
• Bourla theatre
• Academy of Fine Arts entrance gate

References

1. Index biographique des membres et associés de l'Académie royale de Belgique (1769–2005), p37.
2. Almanach royal officiel de Belgique/1841 p118

• Alfred Willis, "Bourla, Pierre (Bruno)," Grove Art Online, Oxford University Press
• "Bourla Theater" at A View on Cities
• Schoonselhof cemetery

• 1783 births
• 1866 deaths
• Architects from Antwerp
• Belgian neoclassical architects
• Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)
• Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium
• Dutch architects