Philip Johnson Glass House
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The Philip Johnson Glass House is a landmark modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, celebrated for its minimalist glass-and-steel design and its influential role in 20th-century architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Philip Johnson Glass House canonical | 2 |
| Philip Johnson Hodgson House | 1 |
| Philip Johnson’s Glass House | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3699744 — 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: Philip Johnson Glass House Context triple: [Glass House, alsoKnownAs, Philip Johnson Glass House]
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A.
Vanna Venturi House
The Vanna Venturi House is a landmark early postmodern residence in Philadelphia designed by architect Robert Venturi, celebrated for its playful subversion of modernist architectural conventions.
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B.
Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
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C.
Eames House
Eames House is an iconic mid-20th-century modernist residence in Los Angeles designed by Charles and Ray Eames, celebrated for its innovative use of industrial materials and integration with the surrounding landscape.
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D.
Gehry House
Gehry House is architect Frank Gehry’s experimental Santa Monica residence renowned for its unconventional deconstructivist design and use of raw, industrial materials.
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E.
Johnson Wax Headquarters
Johnson Wax Headquarters is an iconic modernist office complex in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned for its innovative open-plan interior and distinctive dendriform columns.
- 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: Philip Johnson Glass House Target entity description: The Philip Johnson Glass House is a landmark modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, celebrated for its minimalist glass-and-steel design and its influential role in 20th-century architecture.
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A.
Vanna Venturi House
The Vanna Venturi House is a landmark early postmodern residence in Philadelphia designed by architect Robert Venturi, celebrated for its playful subversion of modernist architectural conventions.
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B.
Farnsworth House
Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
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C.
Eames House
Eames House is an iconic mid-20th-century modernist residence in Los Angeles designed by Charles and Ray Eames, celebrated for its innovative use of industrial materials and integration with the surrounding landscape.
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D.
Gehry House
Gehry House is architect Frank Gehry’s experimental Santa Monica residence renowned for its unconventional deconstructivist design and use of raw, industrial materials.
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E.
Johnson Wax Headquarters
Johnson Wax Headquarters is an iconic modernist office complex in Racine, Wisconsin, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and renowned for its innovative open-plan interior and distinctive dendriform columns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Style building
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architectural landmark ⓘ house museum ⓘ modernist residence ⓘ |
| designedBy | Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle |
International Style
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Modernism ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Brick House
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Da Monsta ⓘ Painting Gallery ⓘ Pavilion in the Pond ⓘ Sculpture Gallery ⓘ landscape follies ⓘ |
| hasDesignConcept |
integration of architecture and landscape
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minimalism ⓘ transparency ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
central brick fireplace
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flat roof ⓘ floor-to-ceiling glass walls ⓘ freestanding brick cylinder ⓘ integrated landscape design ⓘ minimal interior partitions ⓘ panoramic views of surrounding landscape ⓘ rectangular plan ⓘ |
| hasFloorPlan | open plan ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
architectural study center
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museum ⓘ residence ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfStories | 1 ⓘ |
| hasPlanShape | rectangle ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
icon of 20th-century modern architecture
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important work in Philip Johnson’s career ⓘ influential example of minimalist glass-and-steel design ⓘ |
| hasUse |
architectural education
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cultural events ⓘ public tours ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Farnsworth House ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| materialUsed |
brick
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glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ |
| partOf | The Glass House campus ⓘ |
| usedAsResidenceBy |
David Whitney
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Philip Johnson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philip Johnson Glass House Description of subject: The Philip Johnson Glass House is a landmark modernist residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, celebrated for its minimalist glass-and-steel design and its influential role in 20th-century architecture.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
his own residence, the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut
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alsoKnownAs
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Philip Johnson Glass House
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subject surface form:
Glass House
this entity surface form:
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
this entity surface form:
Philip Johnson Hodgson House