Bloch Building
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The Bloch Building is a striking contemporary glass-and-concrete expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, renowned for its luminous “lenses” emerging from the landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bloch Building canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T329484 — 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: Bloch Building Context triple: [Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, hasPart, Bloch Building]
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A.
John A. Wilson Building
The John A. Wilson Building is a historic government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the city’s primary municipal and legislative offices.
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B.
Zankel Hall
Zankel Hall is a modern, mid-sized performance venue within New York City's Carnegie Hall complex, known for its flexible space and diverse programming.
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C.
Pollack Hall
Pollack Hall is a prominent concert and performance venue associated with McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
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D.
Milstein Hall
Milstein Hall is a modern architecture building at Cornell University that serves as a central facility for the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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E.
Uris Hall
Uris Hall is an academic building on Cornell University’s central campus that houses classrooms, offices, and departments, prominently bordering the Arts Quad.
- 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: Bloch Building Target entity description: The Bloch Building is a striking contemporary glass-and-concrete expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, renowned for its luminous “lenses” emerging from the landscape.
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A.
John A. Wilson Building
The John A. Wilson Building is a historic government office building in Washington, D.C., that houses the city’s primary municipal and legislative offices.
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B.
Zankel Hall
Zankel Hall is a modern, mid-sized performance venue within New York City's Carnegie Hall complex, known for its flexible space and diverse programming.
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C.
Pollack Hall
Pollack Hall is a prominent concert and performance venue associated with McGill University's Schulich School of Music in Montreal, Canada.
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D.
Milstein Hall
Milstein Hall is a modern architecture building at Cornell University that serves as a central facility for the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
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E.
Uris Hall
Uris Hall is an academic building on Cornell University’s central campus that houses classrooms, offices, and departments, prominently bordering the Arts Quad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art museum annex
ⓘ
museum building ⓘ |
| architect |
Steven Holl Architects
ⓘ
surface form:
Steven Holl
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| architecturalStyle | contemporary architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
Nelson-Atkins Museum campus expansion
|
| category |
art museum architecture in the United States
ⓘ
museum buildings in Missouri ⓘ |
| city |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
USA
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance | major example of contemporary museum architecture in the Midwest ⓘ |
| designedAs | expansion of existing museum ⓘ |
| feature |
daylit interior spaces
ⓘ
glass curtain walls ⓘ luminous lenses emerging from the landscape ⓘ subterranean galleries ⓘ |
| function |
art exhibition space
ⓘ
museum expansion ⓘ |
| glazingType | translucent glass panels ⓘ |
| hasPart |
series of glass lenses
ⓘ
underground circulation spaces ⓘ |
| heritageType | contemporary cultural architecture ⓘ |
| landmarkOf |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City cultural district
|
| lightingDesign | emphasis on diffuse natural light ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City, Missouri
|
| materialUsed |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ |
| name | Bloch Building self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
glowing appearance at night
ⓘ
innovative use of natural light ⓘ integration of architecture and landscape ⓘ |
| orientation | partially embedded in the landscape ⓘ |
| owner | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ⓘ |
| partOf | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ⓘ |
| primaryUse | exhibition of the museum collection ⓘ |
| publicAccess | open to museum visitors ⓘ |
| relationshipToMainBuilding | connected expansion wing ⓘ |
| secondaryUse | special exhibitions and events ⓘ |
| setting | landscaped museum grounds ⓘ |
| state | Missouri ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | reinforced concrete structure ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| use |
display of modern and contemporary art
ⓘ
public cultural facility ⓘ |
| visualEffect | appears as glowing lanterns at night ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bloch Building Description of subject: The Bloch Building is a striking contemporary glass-and-concrete expansion of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, renowned for its luminous “lenses” emerging from the landscape.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.