Coop Himmelb(l)au
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Coop Himmelb(l)au is an avant-garde Austrian architecture firm known for its deconstructivist designs and expressive, sculptural buildings worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coop Himmelb(l)au canonical | 6 |
| Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1359065 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coop Himmelb(l)au Context triple: [Busan Cinema Center, architect, Coop Himmelb(l)au]
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A.
Hannes Meyer
Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
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B.
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn was a pioneering German architect known for his expressive modernist and Art Deco designs, including influential works of the early 20th century.
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C.
Ise Gropius
Ise Gropius was a German-born writer and curator closely associated with the Bauhaus movement, best known for her role in preserving and promoting the legacy of architect Walter Gropius.
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D.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering 20th-century German-American architect known for his minimalist “less is more” philosophy and influential modernist buildings such as the Barcelona Pavilion and the Seagram Building.
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E.
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a pioneering German architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, renowned as a leading figure of modernist architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Coop Himmelb(l)au Target entity description: Coop Himmelb(l)au is an avant-garde Austrian architecture firm known for its deconstructivist designs and expressive, sculptural buildings worldwide.
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A.
Hannes Meyer
Hannes Meyer was a Swiss architect and urban planner who served as the second director of the Bauhaus, known for his functionalist, socially oriented approach to design and architecture.
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B.
Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn was a pioneering German architect known for his expressive modernist and Art Deco designs, including influential works of the early 20th century.
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C.
Ise Gropius
Ise Gropius was a German-born writer and curator closely associated with the Bauhaus movement, best known for her role in preserving and promoting the legacy of architect Walter Gropius.
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D.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a pioneering 20th-century German-American architect known for his minimalist “less is more” philosophy and influential modernist buildings such as the Barcelona Pavilion and the Seagram Building.
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E.
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a pioneering German architect and founder of the Bauhaus school, renowned as a leading figure of modernist architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architecture firm
ⓘ
design studio ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| alsoBasedIn |
Frankfurt am Main
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| alternateSpelling |
Coop Himmelb(l)au
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner
|
| architecturalStyle | deconstructivism ⓘ |
| basedIn | Vienna ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| designApproach |
dynamic geometries
ⓘ
exposed structural elements ⓘ fragmented forms ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
interior design ⓘ urban design ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Helmut Swiczinsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Holzer ⓘ Wolf D. Prix ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary architecture ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Helmut Swiczinsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael Holzer ⓘ Wolf D. Prix ⓘ |
| hasOfficeIn |
Frankfurt am Main
ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.coop-himmelblau.at/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Vienna ⓘ |
| inception | 1968 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
avant-garde architecture
ⓘ
experimental design ⓘ expressive sculptural forms ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| movement | deconstructivism ⓘ |
| notableProjectType |
concert halls
ⓘ
cultural buildings ⓘ museums ⓘ office buildings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Akron Art Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Akron Art Museum expansion
BMW Welt ⓘ Busan Cinema Center ⓘ Dalian International Conference Center ⓘ ECB Main Building, Frankfurt ⓘ
surface form:
European Central Bank main building
House of Music Aalborg ⓘ Martin Luther Church Hainburg ⓘ Musée des Confluences ⓘ Rooftop Remodeling Falkestrasse ⓘ UFA-Palast Dresden ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Coop Himmelb(l)au Description of subject: Coop Himmelb(l)au is an avant-garde Austrian architecture firm known for its deconstructivist designs and expressive, sculptural buildings worldwide.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Coop Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix & Partner