Bruno Bernardo  

Originally from Portugal, Bruno's interest in conservation led him to join Purcell's London studio in 2015, where his experience delivering complex projects in highly significant settings facilitated his AABC Conservation Accreditation in 2019.

At Purcell, he has delivered projects across a range of sectors and building types throughout London and beyond, including the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Windsor Castle’s ‘Future Programme’ and St. George’s Garrison Church, as well as several private residential schemes. He is currently delivering the decarbonization project at the National Portrait Gallery, the proposals for repairing and extending the interwar University of London Boathouse building in Chiswick, and a comprehensive package of fabric repairs at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

He is especially passionate about modern heritage and the need to always prioritise adaptive re-use. He is a co-founder of the internal modernist focus group, and attended the International Course on the Conservation of Modern Heritage at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles in 2025. He is currently also on the Casework Committee at the Twentieth Century Society.

Bruno is an integral part of the London Studio where, as Team Leader, he takes responsibility for resourcing and has the authority and agency to ensure an agile and effective resourcing service throughout all project stages.