Villa Jeanneret-Perret to the public in 2005. The Villa Jeanneret-Perret is a witness to the pioneering architecture of the 20th century and the development of Le Corbusier; his characteristic neo-classic style breaks with the regional Art Nouveau and is based on his experience in Paris as a student of Auguste Perret and in Berlin with Peter Behrens. 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
Charles David (architect) Charles David (architect) Charles David (1552 – 4 December 1650) was a 16th/17th-century French architect. He married Anne Lemercier, daughter of architect Nicolas Lemercier in 1582 and succeeded his father-in-law as architect of the church of Saint-Eustache, Paris in 1585. David was responsible for the construction of the choir, which was completed in 1637. According to Paluster he was interred at St.-Eustache, with the epitaph (since effaced): Ici gist le corps d'honorable homme Charles David vivant juré du Roy es oeuvres de maçonnerie doyen des jurés et bourgeois de Paris architecte et conducteur du batiment de l'eglize de ceans lequel