Pierre Jeanneret: The Transformation and the Classification of His Work
Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) is one of the most underestimated figures of modern architecture and furniture design of the 20th century. As the office partner and cousin of Le Corbusier, he shaped the development of modern architecture over more than three decades and created furniture designs that are now regarded as icons of 20th-century design. His late work in Chandigarh, the purpose-built capital of the Indian state of Punjab, represents the culmination of his career and documents with particular clarity his approach to linking modernism with local context and climatic conditions.