Pierre Jeanneret
- Introduction
- Pierre Jeanneret (22 March 1896 – 4 December 1967) was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his cousin, Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier), for about twenty years.
- Wikidata
- Q115575
- Introduction
- Jeanneret studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva from 1913 until 1915, and then from 1918 to 1921. He was partners with Le Corbusier in Paris from 1921-1922 to 1940. He later formed a partnership with Le Corbusier for a second time in 1950, for the execution of the master plan for Chandigarh in Punjab, India. Jeanneret directed his own architectural firm in Paris from 1944 to 1951. His designs were used by the Wohnbedarf AG. to make furniture for the "Typ M" model apartment at the Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl (Zurich, Switzerland) in 1931. From 1955 to 1965 Jeanneret was Director of the School of Architecture at the University of Chandigarh and served as Architect-in-Chief and City Planner for the State of Punjab. Swiss architect.
- Nationalities
- Swiss, French
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Author, Director, Architect, Interior Decorator, Urban Planner, Designer, Furniture Designer
- Names
- Pierre Jeanneret, Arnold André Pierre Jeanneret-Gris, Arnold André Pierre Jeanneret
- Ulan
- 500004442
Exhibitions
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How Should We Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior
October 1, 2016–
April 23, 2017 MoMA
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Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes
June 15–
September 23, 2013 MoMA
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Shaping Modernity 1880–1980
March 28, 2012–
September 8, 2013 MoMA
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Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980
December 23, 2009–
July 25, 2010 MoMA
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Architecture & Design Rotation 2008
April 25, 2008–
April 13, 2009 MoMA
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Pierre Jeanneret has 24 exhibitionsonline.
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Les Terrasses, Villa Stein-de-Monzie, Garches, France 1926–1928
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Chaise Longue (LC/4) 1928
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Armchair with a Tilting Back (Siège à Dossier Basculant) 1928
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Palace of the League of Nations, project, Geneva, Switzerland, Ground floor and site plan, second scheme 1929
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Villa Savoye, Poissy-sur-Seine, France 1932
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Palace of the Soviets, Moscow 1932
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Swiss Pavilion, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris, France, Side elevation 1932
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Swiss Pavilion, Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, France, Perspective of north and west elevations 1932
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Swiss Pavilion, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France 1930-32
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Mill Owners Association Building, Ahmedabad, India 1951-1954
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Easy Chair (Fauteuil Grand Confort) 1928
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Governor's Palace (Raj Bhaven) project, Chandigarh, India 1951–1976
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Pierre Jeanneret Cité de Refuge, Paris, France 1929-1933, model 1987
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