Bruno Flierl

Bruno Flierl (; 2 February 192717 July 2023) was a German architect, architecture critic, and writer. His work focused on architecture, urban development, and city planning of East Germany. He assisted in the design of the Pariser Platz and argued for the preservation of the Palace of the Republic in the debate over the restoration of the Berlin Palace.

Early life Flierl was born in Bunzlau, Province of Lower Silesia, in present-day Poland, on 2 February 1927. He fought in World War II and was in French war captivity until 1947. 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. During the period between 1962 and 1964, he was editor-in-chief of the magazine . Because the magazine also published articles critical of city planning in East Germany, Flierl came into conflict with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), and was forced to leave. Though he was an advocate of skyscrapers as a part of urban design, he argued for moderation of skyscrapers in Berlin. From 1995 to 1998 and again from 2006 to 2011 Thomas served as a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, first for the PDS and later for The Left.

Flierl died on 17 July 2023, at age 96, in a Berlin retirement home.