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1896<\/strong>
\n22 March: Pierre Jeanneret is born in Geneva.<\/p>\n

1913-1919<\/strong>
\nStudies architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva, with a period of service in the Swiss Army in 1916\u201317.<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong>
\nJanuary: leaves Switzerland and works for the Perret brothers in Paris.
\nDesigns the covers for the magazine L\u2019Esprit nouveau, founded in October.<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>
\nJuly: while continuing with the Perrets, he begins to work on the Berque commission with Le Corbusier (the pseudonym adopted a year earlier by his cousin Charles-\u00c9douard Jeanneret).
\nBerque house project (Paris).
\nSalon d\u2019Automne in Paris: he shows plans for a modern city of 3 million people.
\nApartment block\/villas program for the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Franco-Am\u00e9ricaine.
\nGault house project (Paris).<\/p>\n

1923-1924<\/strong>
\nBesnus house (Vaucresson). Ozenfant artist\u2019s studio (Paris).
\nRaoul La Roche and Lotti Raaf-Jeanneret house (Paris).
\nStudios for sculptors Lipchitz, Mietschaninoff and Canale (Boulogne-sur-Seine).<\/p>\n

1924<\/strong>
\nDuring the summer, he and Le Corbusier move into 35 Rue de S\u00e8vres (Paris). The Frug\u00e8s commission in Pessac sees them working with a team for the first time.<\/p>\n

1925-1927<\/strong>
\nCit\u00e9 Frug\u00e8s (Pessac).
\nApartment block\/villas program and the Voisin Plan for Paris (1925).
\nL\u2019Esprit nouveau pavilion (Paris, 1925).
\nPalais du Peuple dormitory (Paris, 1926).
\nMinimum house project (1926).
\nCook house (Boulogne-sur-Seine, 1926), Guiette house (Antwerp, 1926).
\nTwo houses for Weissenhof in Stuttgart (1927).
\nPlainex houses (Paris, 1927).
\nCompetition for the League of Nations building in Geneva (1927). Is eliminated after the second phase.
\nOctober 1927: Charlotte Perriand begins working with them at 35 Rue de S\u00e8vres (Paris).<\/p>\n

1928-1929<\/strong>
\nChurch house (Ville d\u2019Avray).
\nCreation of a line of furnishings by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand: \u201cTubes d\u2019avion\u201d table, closets, armchair with tilting back, tilting chaise longue, \u201cGrand confort\u201d armchair (1928).
\nVilla Savoye (Poissy, 1929-31).
\nLoucheur houses.
\nCentrosoyuz office block (Moscow).
\nStand at the Salon d\u2019Automne (Paris, 1929): Fixtures<\/p>\n

1930-1933<\/strong>
\nClart\u00e9 apartment block (Geneva, 1930-32).
\nVilla for Madame de Mandrot (near Toulon, 1931).
\nPalace of the Soviets (Moscow, 1931).
\nDe Beistegui penthouse (Paris, 1931).
\nSwiss Pavilion at the Cit\u00e9 Universitaire (Paris, 1932-33).
\nCit\u00e9 du Refuge (Paris, 1932-33).
\nApartment block for the Paris-Parc des Princes real estate company, Rue Nungesser-et-Coli (Paris, 1932-34).
\nProject for the Schweiz Rentenanstalt building (Zurich, 1933).
\nSummer 1933: 4th CIAM congress in Athens.
\nJeanneret travels aboard the Massilia from Marseille to Athens.
\nExcursions in the Peloponnesus with Charlotte Perriand.<\/p>\n

1934-1935<\/strong>
\nUrbanization projects for Stockholm, Antwerp, Algiers, Nemours, Zlin. Various city and state competitions.
\nPeyron holiday house (Les Mathes).
\nFerme Radieuse cooperative village project.
\nFurnishings for a bachelor apartment at the Exposition Universelle (Brussels, 1935).
\nWeekend house in the suburbs.<\/p>\n

1936-1937<\/strong>
\nRedevelopment of slum district no. 6 (Paris).
\nCartesian skyscraper project.
\nCentre National de R\u00e9jouissance (National Center for Celebration) for 100,000 participants in the Bois de Vincennes.
\nAs part of the preparations for the 1937 International Exhibition:
\nProject A \u2013 housing exhibition
\nProject B \u2013 Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation: the Bastion Kellermann housing block
\nProject C \u2013 Center for Contemporary Aesthetics for the exhibition
\nProject D \u2013 Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux also known as the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019\u00c9ducation Populaire.
\nPrototype of the sanitary unit shown in the Union des Artistes Modernes pavilion, with Jean Prouv\u00e9 and Charlotte Perriand.
\nProject for a dry mounted aluminum bivouac shelter, with Charlotte Perriand and engineer A. Tournon.
\nJaoul weekend house.
\nSpring 1937: Charlotte Perriand leaves the studio at 35 rue de S\u00e8vres.<\/p>\n

1938-1939<\/strong>
\nIdeal Home Exhibition (London).
\n\u201cUnlimited growth\u201d museum.
\n\u201cMaison \u00e0 sec\u201d.
\nWinter sport resort in the Vall\u00e9e de Vars.
\nBiology research station (Roscoff).
\nLate 1939: designs light buildings for war refugees. Projects forportal frame buildings with Le Corbusier and Jean Prouv\u00e9 (temporary schools, village club, housing, etc.).
\n12 December 1939: creation of the Bureau Central de Construction (BCC) by Georges Blanchon, with Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouv\u00e9.<\/p>\n

1939-1940<\/strong>
\nDemountable portal frame structures for the SCAL at Issoire, with Jean Prouv\u00e9: housing, dormitories, club, design building, refectory, infirmary, offices, etc.
\nHouse projects for the S.P.A (Lannemezan, 1940).
\nMay 1940: Charlotte Perriand leaves for Japan.
\nJune-December 1940: stays at Ozon in southwestern France
\nwith Le Corbusier and his wife Yvonne.
\n5 December 1940: Pierre Jeanneret joins the BCC in Grenoble; Le Corbusier remains aloof.<\/p>\n

1941-1944<\/strong>
\nFurniture for Georges Blanchon\u2019s office (sideboard, table, desk, screen).
\nF 8\u00d78 BCC houses with Jean Prouv\u00e9 (1941-42) in Saint-Auban, Gardanne, Salindres, Brignoles, Lunel, B\u00e9darieux.
\nFurniture including a table for Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s family (Nancy).
\nTCD house.
\nS4F house.
\nV5 house.
\n\u201c101\u201d transportable house.
\nFurniture and fittings for the home of the sports director at the Solvay plant in Dombasle.
\nFurnishings for the L\u2019\u00c9quipement de la Maison company which takes them over and expands the BCC catalog.
\nDesigns the acronym for the FFI (French Forces of the Interior).
\nDesigns the \u00c9cole des Cadres (Uriage).
\nF 8\u00d78 \u2013 BAPJ house with Jean Prouv\u00e9 (1944). <\/p>\n

1945-1946<\/strong>
\nUrban development project for Grenoble on the Fort Robeau site.
\nRefits the Is\u00e8re d\u00e9partement Prefecture building.
\nOffice block project for the Lion Noir company (Lyon).
\n17 October 1946: he declines Le Corbusier\u2019s invitation to join the ATBAT constructors group.
\nTrip to the United States: crosses the country with Alexander Calder.
\nContract with Knoll for \u201cChair 92\u201d.<\/p>\n

1947-1949<\/strong>
\nMaster plan for Puteaux.
\nProject for a block of 200 apartments (Puteaux).
\nProjects for chalets in the Alps.
\nProject for the FT house in the Paris suburbs.
\nCalled on by Le Corbusier for the renovation of the facades of the Swiss pavilion at the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire and the Cit\u00e9 du Refuge (Paris).
\nPlouet house (Ile de Br\u00e9hat).
\nRefuses again to join the ATBAT.
\nVocational High School (B\u00e9ziers, with Domingo Escorsa).
\nHoliday house project (Frontignan).<\/p>\n

1951-1965<\/strong>
\nJanuary 1951: Pierre Jeanneret joins the team commissioned by the Indian government to build Chandigarh, the new capital of Punjab, with Le Corbusier, Maxwell Fry, and Jane Drew.
\nWorks with Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew until 1954, then on his own with the Chandigarh architects and engineers office.
\nNumerous programs: individual and collective accommodations for all social classes, the Chandigarh Architects\u2019 Agency, schools, university dormitories, hospitals, library, etc.
\nFurniture for Chandigarh\u2019s public buildings: High Court, Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, Library, etc.
\nGandhi Bhavan, memorial to Gandhi.
\nBoat prototypes.
\nIn addition to Chandigarh, he undertakes urban development and architectural work in Pandoh, Sundernagar, Slapper, Ahmedabad, and Talwara.
\nThroughout these years, in addition to his own work, Pierre Jeanneret coordinates the oversight teams for the monumental esplanade designed for the Capitol by Le Corbusier, notably including the Legislative Assembly, the High Court, the Secretariat, and other, more modest building such as the museum and the school of architecture.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong>
\nAugust: for health reasons he returns to live with his niece Jacqueline Jeanneret in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>
\n4 December: Pierre Jeanneret dies in Geneva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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