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Jeanneret, Pierre
(b Geneva, 22 March 1896; d Geneva, 4 Dec 1967). Swiss architect and furniture designer. He was a cousin of Le Corbusier, with whom he twice went into partnership. He graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva, and in 1921–2 on Le Corbusier’s recommendation he worked with Auguste Perret and Gustave Perret in Paris. In 1922 he went into partnership with his cousin, and in 1923 they built the Besnus Villa (now altered), Vaucresson, near Paris. This first partnership was marked by a number of major projects and works (see LE CORBUSIER). Jeanneret’s contribution to the partnership was considerable, not least in introducing a professionalism in following through projects and work on site, and he often stimulated and provoked his cousin’s imagination or moderated it with his own realism. He often drew the first sketches for plans that he then gradually reworked and refined with Le Corbusier, and he also played an important part in ensuring the office’s continuity, coordinating work and maintaining tight control over all the technical aspects. Moreover, his contribution in the use of metal and the industrialization and standardization of buildings, central to Corbusier’s projects between the World Wars, was fundamental.
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