Harvard Five houses
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Harvard Five houses are a group of influential mid-20th-century Modernist residences in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architects associated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harvard Five | 1 |
| Harvard Five architects | 1 |
| Harvard Five houses canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2085481 — 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: Harvard Five houses Context triple: [New Canaan, Connecticut, hasModernistArchitectureSite, Harvard Five houses]
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A.
Harvard College residential system
The Harvard College residential system is the network of undergraduate dormitories and Houses that structures students’ living, social, and academic life at Harvard University.
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B.
Harvard Corporation
The Harvard Corporation is the smaller of Harvard University's two governing boards and serves as the institution's principal fiduciary and executive authority.
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C.
Harvard Cooperative Society
The Harvard Cooperative Society is a long-standing cooperative campus store and bookstore serving the Harvard University community with textbooks, merchandise, and related services.
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D.
Harvard House
Harvard House is a historic timber-framed museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, associated with the family of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University.
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E.
Harvard Hall
Harvard Hall is a historic academic building at Harvard University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls in the heart of Harvard Yard.
- 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: Harvard Five houses Target entity description: Harvard Five houses are a group of influential mid-20th-century Modernist residences in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architects associated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
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A.
Harvard College residential system
The Harvard College residential system is the network of undergraduate dormitories and Houses that structures students’ living, social, and academic life at Harvard University.
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B.
Harvard Corporation
The Harvard Corporation is the smaller of Harvard University's two governing boards and serves as the institution's principal fiduciary and executive authority.
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C.
Harvard Cooperative Society
The Harvard Cooperative Society is a long-standing cooperative campus store and bookstore serving the Harvard University community with textbooks, merchandise, and related services.
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D.
Harvard House
Harvard House is a historic timber-framed museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, associated with the family of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University.
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E.
Harvard Hall
Harvard Hall is a historic academic building at Harvard University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls in the heart of Harvard Yard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural ensemble
ⓘ
group of buildings ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Mid-century modern
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Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eliot Noyes
ⓘ
Harvard Five houses self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard Five
John M. Johansen ⓘ Landis Gores ⓘ Marcel Breuer ⓘ Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| category |
Architectural history of New England
ⓘ
Modernist houses in Connecticut ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designFeature |
flat or low-pitched roofs
ⓘ
integration with landscape ⓘ large expanses of glass ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ open floor plans ⓘ |
| era | post–World War II ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Eliot Noyes House
ⓘ
John M. Johansen House ⓘ Landis Gores House ⓘ Marcel Breuer House (New Canaan) ⓘ Philip Johnson Glass House ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Johnson Hodgson House
|
| influencedBy |
Bauhaus
ⓘ
International Style ⓘ
surface form:
International Style architecture
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| locatedIn |
Fairfield County, Connecticut
ⓘ
New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental residential design
ⓘ
influence on suburban modern houses in the United States ⓘ |
| partOf | Modernist architecture in New Canaan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Glass House
ⓘ
surface form:
Glass House (New Canaan)
Harvard Five houses self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard Five architects
|
| significantIn |
development of Modernist domestic design
ⓘ
history of American residential architecture ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ wood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harvard Five houses Description of subject: Harvard Five houses are a group of influential mid-20th-century Modernist residences in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architects associated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harvard Five
this entity surface form:
Harvard Five architects