Hans Hollein
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Hans Hollein was an influential Austrian architect and designer known for his postmodern buildings and his role in shaping late 20th-century architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hans Hollein canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T688186 — 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: Hans Hollein Context triple: [Hollein, hasNotableBearer, Hans Hollein]
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A.
Josef Bühler
Josef Bühler was a high-ranking Nazi official and lawyer who served as State Secretary in the General Government of occupied Poland and played a key role in implementing the Holocaust.
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B.
Eduard de Stoeckl
Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
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C.
Erhard Raus
Erhard Raus was a German Wehrmacht general and armored warfare specialist who commanded several panzer formations on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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D.
Hans von Seisser
Hans von Seisser was a Bavarian police official and head of the Munich police who played a key role in opposing Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
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E.
Friedrich Obleser
Friedrich Obleser was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who later became a senior officer in the postwar West German Air Force (Bundesluftwaffe).
- 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: Hans Hollein Target entity description: Hans Hollein was an influential Austrian architect and designer known for his postmodern buildings and his role in shaping late 20th-century architecture.
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A.
Josef Bühler
Josef Bühler was a high-ranking Nazi official and lawyer who served as State Secretary in the General Government of occupied Poland and played a key role in implementing the Holocaust.
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B.
Eduard de Stoeckl
Eduard de Stoeckl was a 19th-century Russian diplomat best known for representing the Russian Empire in Washington and arranging the sale of Alaska to the United States.
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C.
Erhard Raus
Erhard Raus was a German Wehrmacht general and armored warfare specialist who commanded several panzer formations on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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D.
Hans von Seisser
Hans von Seisser was a Bavarian police official and head of the Munich police who played a key role in opposing Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
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E.
Friedrich Obleser
Friedrich Obleser was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II who later became a senior officer in the postwar West German Air Force (Bundesluftwaffe).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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designer ⓘ human ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art
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surface form:
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Gold Medal of the City of Vienna ⓘ Grand Austrian State Prize for Architecture ⓘ Pritzker Architecture Prize ⓘ RIBA Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form:
RIBA Royal Gold Medal
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| countryOfCitizenship | Austria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-03-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-04-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
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Illinois Institute of Technology ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| familyName | Hollein ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
exhibition design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ |
| fullName | Hans Hollein self-link ⓘ |
| genre | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| influenced | late 20th-century architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
integration of architecture, design, and media
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postmodern reinterpretation of historical forms ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Austrian Travel Agency building in Vienna
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Haas House in Vienna ⓘ Monument to the War of Liberation in Frankfurt am Main ⓘ Museum Abteiberg ⓘ
surface form:
Museum Abteiberg in Mönchengladbach
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt ⓘ
surface form:
Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main
Retti candle shop in Vienna ⓘ Schullin jewelry shop in Vienna ⓘ Vulcania (theme park) ⓘ
surface form:
Vulcania European Park of Volcanism in Saint-Ours-les-Roches
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| occupation |
architect
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designer ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Austria
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Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Austria
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Vienna ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
dean of the architecture faculty at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
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professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Frankfurt am Main
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Mönchengladbach ⓘ Vienna ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Hans Hollein Description of subject: Hans Hollein was an influential Austrian architect and designer known for his postmodern buildings and his role in shaping late 20th-century architecture.
Referenced by (8)
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