Bruno Flierl (born 2 February 1927 in

Bolesławiec Bolesławiec (pronounced , szl, Bolesławiec, german: Bunzlau) is a historic city situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Bolesławiec County, and of Gmina Bolesławiec ...

, Prussia) is a German architect, architecture critic, and writer. He is considered one of the most important figures in the architecture and city planning of

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. He assisted in the design of the

Pariser Platz Pariser Platz ( en, Paris Square) is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the anti-Napoleon ...

and argued for the preservation of the Palace of the Republic in the debate over the restoration of the

Berlin Palace The Berlin Palace (german: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (german: Königliches Schloss), on the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin, was the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern from 1443 to 1918. Expanded by order ...

. He fought in

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and was in French

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until 1947. In 1948, he began studying architecture at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

. A dedicated communist, he took up residence in East Germany in 1952. From 1952 to 1961, he was a research fellow at the . In 1953, he graduated from the

Bauhaus University, Weimar The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is a university located in Weimar, Germany, and specializes in the artistic and technical fields. Established in 1860 as the Great Ducal Saxon Art School, it gained collegiate status on 3 June 1910. In 1919 the sc ...

. From 1962 to 1964 he was editor in chief of the magazine . Since the magazine also published articles critical of city planning in East Germany, Flierl came into conflict with the

Socialist Unity Party of Germany The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (german: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, ; SED, ), often known in English as the East German Communist Party, was the founding and ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR; East German ...

, and was forced to leave. He gained a doctorate at the Bauakademie der DDR in 1972. He taught at the

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

beginning in 1980.

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Gestaltungssatzung für den Pariser Platz mit Walter Rolfes

* ttp://www.cloud-cuckoo.net/openarchive/wolke/deu/Themen/041/Flierl/flierl.htm ''Zur Neuaneignung verlorener Orte der Stadt durch gebaute Symbole''Analyse von Flierl über den Wiederaufbau des Berliner Schlosses und des Ground Zeros in New York für die Architektur-Zeitschrift der TU Cottbus
''»Die DDR hat kein ›anderes Berlin‹ gebaut«''
Interview in

Junge Welt ''Junge Welt'' (English: ''Young World'', stylized in its logo as ''junge Welt'') is a German daily newspaper, published in Berlin. The jW describes itself as a left-wing and Marxist newspaper. German authorities categorize it as a far-left medi ...

vom 28. Januar 2017
Portraitfilm mit Architekturkritiker Bruno Flierl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flierl, Bruno 1927 births Living people Berlin University of the Arts alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Bauhaus University, Weimar alumni