Pierre Jeanneret studied architecture at the Ècole des Beaux Arts, Geneva from 1913-1921 (with a tree years gap from 1915-1918 due to the World War I). After graduation Jeanneret worked with the Peret brother’s architectural studio in Paris until 1923, whereafter he left to start a studio with his cousin Charles-Éduard Jeanneret, who later changes his name to Le Corbusier.
The Jeanneret cousins worked together with the architect Charlotte Perriand in designing modernistic steel pipe furniture such as the armchair B 301/ Fauteuil à dossier basculant and B 306/ Chaise longue à position variable in the late 1920’s.
The brother’s studio ceased in 1940 but won the first prize for the competition to design the League of Nations Palace in Geneva 1926/27. Jeanneret worked with architect and furniture designer Jean Prouvé during the mid 1940’, and in 1948 he met Hans and Florence Knoll who took his Model 92 Scissors Chair.
During the 1950’s Jeanerret was the director of the Architecture School of Chandigarh in India, where he also led the construction of Le Corbusier's plans for the new city. During this time, Jeanneret was also the chief-architect of the Punjabi state and designed wooden furniture together with by local designer and carpenters Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, Jeet Lal Malhotra, and A. R. Prabhawalkar, working on ways to manufacture the sturdy teak and sissoo (Indian rosewood) furniture for use in public buildings.
Pierre Jeanneret died at the age of 71 in 1967. He is represented as furniture designer at museums all over the world.
