the veil and the vault
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The Veil and the Vault is the distinctive architectural concept behind The Broad museum in Los Angeles, featuring a porous, honeycomb-like exterior “veil” that wraps a solid “vault” housing the art collection.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the veil and the vault canonical | 1 |
| veil-and-vault | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4706115 — 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: the veil and the vault Context triple: [The Broad, architecturalConcept, the veil and the vault]
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A.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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B.
Master of the First Veil
The Master of the First Veil is a principal ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for duties associated with the symbolic first veil in chapter rituals.
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C.
Master of the Second Veil
The Master of the Second Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for guiding candidates through one of the intermediate symbolic stages of the chapter’s ritual.
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D.
Master of the Third Veil
The Master of the Third Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for overseeing part of the ritual progression through the symbolic veils in the chapter.
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E.
The Relic
The Relic is a 1997 science fiction horror film about a monstrous creature stalking a Chicago museum, based on the novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
- 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: the veil and the vault Target entity description: The Veil and the Vault is the distinctive architectural concept behind The Broad museum in Los Angeles, featuring a porous, honeycomb-like exterior “veil” that wraps a solid “vault” housing the art collection.
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A.
Beneath the Veil
"Beneath the Veil" is a song by the American indie pop band Chester French.
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B.
Master of the First Veil
The Master of the First Veil is a principal ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for duties associated with the symbolic first veil in chapter rituals.
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C.
Master of the Second Veil
The Master of the Second Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for guiding candidates through one of the intermediate symbolic stages of the chapter’s ritual.
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D.
Master of the Third Veil
The Master of the Third Veil is a ceremonial officer in Royal Arch Masonry responsible for overseeing part of the ritual progression through the symbolic veils in the chapter.
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E.
The Relic
The Relic is a 1997 science fiction horror film about a monstrous creature stalking a Chicago museum, based on the novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural concept
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design strategy ⓘ |
| appliesTo | The Broad museum building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
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parametric design ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
NERFINISHED
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Edye Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ Eli Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ Gensler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conceptualOpposition |
opaque vault
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transparent veil ⓘ |
| describedAs | porous, honeycomb-like exterior veil wrapping a solid vault ⓘ |
| designedFor |
art museum
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contemporary art collection ⓘ |
| feature |
central art storage vault
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daylight-filtering envelope ⓘ honeycomb-like façade ⓘ porous exterior skin ⓘ solid inner volume ⓘ structural exoskeleton ⓘ |
| hasPart |
vault
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veil ⓘ |
| influences |
lighting conditions in galleries
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structural organization of The Broad ⓘ visitor circulation through the building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| materialUsed |
glass fiber reinforced concrete panels
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel structure ⓘ |
| partOf | The Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to bring filtered natural light into gallery spaces
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to create a distinctive urban presence ⓘ to protect and house the art collection in a vault ⓘ to wrap the museum in a porous veil ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
environmental daylight control
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façade engineering ⓘ museum design ⓘ |
| usedBy |
The Broad marketing materials
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architectural critics ⓘ museum guides ⓘ |
| usedSince | 2015 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the veil and the vault Description of subject: The Veil and the Vault is the distinctive architectural concept behind The Broad museum in Los Angeles, featuring a porous, honeycomb-like exterior “veil” that wraps a solid “vault” housing the art collection.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Broad
this entity surface form:
veil-and-vault