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
Edouard de Laurot bequeathed the manuscript of a novel he had written to Mekas. Edouard de Laurot Edward Lada Laudański (23 April 1922, Łódź – 1993, New York, New York) better known as Édouard de Laurot, aka Yves de Laurot, was a filmmaker and writer of Polish/French nationality. Jonas Mekas (2007) notes the incredible circumstances of De Laurot's life, including his experiences in the Polish Resistance and surviving the second Warsaw Uprising during World War II. In a video interview Mekas recounts how Laurot would tell the friends of the engaged cinema group tall stories including how he was chosen by the Polish