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House by Le Corbusier in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

The Villa Jeanneret-Perret (also known as Maison blanche[mɛzɔ̃blɑ̃ʃ]) is the first independent project by Swiss architect Le Corbusier.^[1] Built in in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's hometown, it was designed for his parents.

Open to the public since , the house is under the patronage of the Swiss National Commission for UNESCO and has been proposed by the Swiss Government for inscription on the World Heritage List.^[1]

History

In February , Charles-Edouard Jeanneret opened his own architectural office in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the city where he was born and where he began his career after completing his education at the advanced course of the Ecole d'Art.

The architect who later took the name "Le Corbusier" was 25 years old. He had distanced himself from the spirit of Art Nouveau, travelled in Europe and in the Middle East, learned from the masters of mod