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Biography

Pierre Jeanneret (March 2, 1896 - December 4, 1967) was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier) for about twenty years.

Their working relationship ended

when he joined the French Resistance and Le Corbusier did not.
However, they collaborated once again and famously after the War, on the plan and architecture for the planned city of Chandigarh in India.

Articles about Pierre Jeanneret

Thonetology

Thonetology

5/4/2014

Can a show about Thonet bring any new insights? The Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Leipzig is hosting “Sit, Recline, Rock – Thonet Furniture” thru’ September 14, highlighting what chapters there are still to be discovered in the “Thonet saga”.

Cassina re-issues LC5

Cassina re-issues LC5

3/26/2014

In Paris it stood in Master Corbu’s living room and is a typical design of the team of Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand. And now Cassina is re-issuing the LC5 sofa in its “I Maestri Collection”.

Twelve adult playgrounds

Twelve adult playgrounds

5/8/2013

Crawling into hanging birds’ nests, taking refuge in airy tipis and hiding in modern wooden constructions: Kids aren’t the only ones allowed to play outdoors.

Twelve dreams under the big blue sky

Twelve dreams under the big blue sky

5/8/2013

Lounging and dreaming in the big outdoors, preferably on huge sofas and comfy daybeds, into which we lightly sink and forget the everyday rat race.

Good designers, successful products – Milan Marathon part 3

Good designers, successful products – Milan Marathon part 3

4/23/2013

No, there was no revolt. Even Ventura Lambrate had nothing on offer that even came close to a taste of the future. Instead it was above all Konstantin Grcic who once again showed just what contemporary design can do.

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