Pierre Jeanneret
Pierre Jeanneret (born March 22, 1896 in Geneva ; † December 4, 1967 there ) was a Swiss architect .
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret: Semi-detached house for the Weissenhofsiedlung Stuttgart
Pierre Jeanneret was for many years a partner of his famous (second degree) cousin Le Corbusier ( Charles Edouard Jeanneret ). They founded a joint architecture office in Paris in 1923 , and Jeanneret was involved in many of the projects designed in this office that were important for the development of modern architecture.
The joint office was closed in 1940. In the 1950s they worked together again on a project to build the Indian city of Chandigarh . Pierre Jeanneret accompanied the project for 15 years until shortly before his death.
In his home in Chandigarh there is now a museum.
Web links
Commons : Pierre Jeanneret - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Dagmar Böcker: Jeanneret, Pierre. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Pierre Jeanneret in the catalog of the German National Library
- Galerie Anton Meier, Genève | Pierre Jeanneret [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jeanneret, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1967 |
| Place of death | Geneva |