Villa Jeanneret-Perret Villa Jeanneret-Perret The Villa Jeanneret-Perret (also known as "Maison blanche") is the first independent project by Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Built in 1912 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's hometown, it was designed for his parents. Open to the public since 2005, 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. In February 1912, 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
Sel gris Sel gris Sel gris (pl. sels gris, "gray salt" in French) is a coarse granular sea salt popularized by the French. "Sel gris" comes from the same solar evaporation salt pans as fleur de sel but is harvested differently; it is allowed to come into contact with the bottom of the salt pan before being raked, hence its gray color. "Sel gris" is coarser than "fleur de sel" but is also a moist salt, typically containing 13 percent residual moisture. The bottom of the salt pan (French "oeillet") may be composed of clay lined pools , basalt, sand, concrete, or