Ford Foundation Building
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The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford Foundation Building canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104256 — 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: Ford Foundation Building Context triple: [Turtle Bay, hasLandmark, Ford Foundation Building]
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A.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the iconic Beaux-Arts flagship library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, renowned for its grand reading rooms and stone lion statues.
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B.
Frances Perkins Building
The Frances Perkins Building is a federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor and is named after the first female U.S. Cabinet member.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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E.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Ford Foundation Building Target entity description: The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
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A.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the iconic Beaux-Arts flagship library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, renowned for its grand reading rooms and stone lion statues.
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B.
Frances Perkins Building
The Frances Perkins Building is a federal office building in Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor and is named after the first female U.S. Cabinet member.
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C.
United Nations Plaza
United Nations Plaza is the public square and surrounding area in Manhattan, New York City, that serves as the primary urban setting and address for the United Nations Headquarters.
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D.
Madison Building
The Madison Building is one of the main Library of Congress structures in Washington, D.C., housing extensive research collections, reading rooms, and administrative offices.
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E.
The Dupont Circle Building
The Dupont Circle Building is a prominent historic office and commercial structure located at the busy Dupont Circle intersection in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
headquarters building
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modernist building ⓘ office building ⓘ |
| architect |
John Dinkeloo
ⓘ
Kevin Roche ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist architecture
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| architectureFirm | Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1963 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| designPhilosophy |
human-centered workplace
ⓘ
integration of public space into corporate headquarters ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 420000 square feet ⓘ |
| hasAtriumHeight | approximately 160 feet ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
exposed structural elements
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glass-enclosed atrium ⓘ granite base ⓘ indoor garden atrium ⓘ open-plan office spaces ⓘ publicly accessible interior garden ⓘ weathering steel facade ⓘ |
| hasPublicAccess | atrium garden open to the public during business hours ⓘ |
| headquartersOf | Ford Foundation ⓘ |
| height | approximately 160 feet ⓘ |
| influenced | later atrium office buildings worldwide ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationBy | New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Ford Foundation ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 12 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| overlooks | Tudor City ⓘ |
| owner | Ford Foundation ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | landmark of modern office design ⓘ |
| recognizedFor |
innovative indoor garden atrium
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integration of nature and workspace ⓘ pioneering atrium office building typology ⓘ |
| renovationArchitect | Gensler ⓘ |
| renovationPurpose | modernization and accessibility improvements ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 320 East 43rd Street ⓘ |
| tenant | Ford Foundation ⓘ |
| underwentRenovation | 2015–2018 renovation ⓘ |
| use |
nonprofit headquarters
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office ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ford Foundation Building Description of subject: The Ford Foundation Building is a notable modernist office building in Midtown Manhattan, renowned for its innovative indoor garden atrium and its role as the headquarters of the Ford Foundation.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.