Pierre Jeanneret (1896 - 1967) was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and attended Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva (School of Fine Arts).  Jeanneret was a painter, artist, and architect who was greatly influenced by his older cousin, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier).  In 1922, the Jeanneret cousins set up an architectural practice together in Paris.  From 1927 through 1937, the cousins worked with Charlotte Perriand at the Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret Studio on rue de Sèvres.  The seminal collaboration of the three, resulted in a collection of iconic designs from the 1920s many of which are still in production through Cassina today.  Jeanneret, in collaboration with the English husband-wife team of Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, was responsible for much of Chandigargh's large civic architecture project.  His most remarkable contribution has undoubtedly been the designing of the fourteen categories of mass-housings that constitute the living and amenity areas of Chandigarh.  Jeanneret, along with Ar. Jugal Kishore Chowdhary, Ar. Bhanu Pratap Mathur and Er. Agya Ram, was responsible for a significant amount of designing for the Panjab University, including the Gandhi Bhawan and the University Library.  In addition to the architecture, Jeanneret designed several pieces of furniture that are now in production through Cassina.