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Charlotte Perriand

1903-1999




Charlotte Perriand (was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society.  

At Le Corbusier's studio where she worked for 10 years between 1927 and 1937,  she was in charge of their interiors work and promoting their designs through a series of exhibitions. Perriand described the work as being highly collaborative between Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret (his cousin) and herself; they were "three fingers on one hand”. For few years, Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret became lovers: it gives the tittle of our opening exhibition: “Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand: a love story”.

After working with Le Corbusier for a decade she "stepped out of his shadow into a successful career of her own."

After finishing her work with Le Corbusier, she worked with Jean Prouvé. She designed metal objects, like screens and stair railings. The war turned their focus to designing military barracks and furnishings for temporary housing. In 1940 France surrendered, and they parted ways until 1951. Perriand left France to go to Japan. She travelled to Japan as an official advisor for industrial design to the Ministry for Trade and Industry. While in Japan she advised the government on raising the standards of design in Japanese industry to develop products for the West.  

Back to Paris in 1946, harlotte Perriand's work was in high demand and she worked on many projects from ski resorts to student housing.  

Some of her work at that particular period of time includes:


Les Arcs 1967–1982



The ski resorts at Les Arcs in Savoie combined Perriand's interests in prefabrication, standardization, industrialization and mountain architecture, and has been called the climax of her career. Since guests would spend most of their time outdoors, Perriand designed minimal rooms, the minimal cell style being a hallmark of her design. Instead the buildings have great spaces that are open to the nature and the elements. Importantly standardization of the wet units (bathrooms and kitchens) increased efficiency and allowed them to build 500 inhabitable studios very quickly. We always have a nice selection of Les Arcs furniture by Charlotte Perriand.




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