Farnsworth House
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Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farnsworth House canonical | 8 |
| Farnsworth House (J. M. Farnsworth estate, not Mies van der Rohe house) | 1 |
| Farnsworth House concept by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T731118 — 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: Farnsworth House Context triple: [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, notableWork, Farnsworth House]
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A.
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House is a Prairie School–style residence designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, notable as his only built work in Ohio and now preserved as a historic house museum.
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B.
Fallingwater
Fallingwater is a renowned modernist house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, famous for its dramatic integration with a natural waterfall and surrounding forest in rural Pennsylvania.
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C.
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts is a modernist residence designed and lived in by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, now preserved as a museum of his architectural vision.
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D.
Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
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E.
Miller House and Garden
Miller House and Garden is a landmark mid-century modern residence and landscape in Columbus, Indiana, celebrated for its collaborative design by architect Eero Saarinen, interior designer Alexander Girard, and landscape architect Dan Kiley.
- 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: Farnsworth House Target entity description: 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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A.
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House
Frank Lloyd Wright Westcott House is a Prairie School–style residence designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, notable as his only built work in Ohio and now preserved as a historic house museum.
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B.
Fallingwater
Fallingwater is a renowned modernist house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, famous for its dramatic integration with a natural waterfall and surrounding forest in rural Pennsylvania.
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C.
Gropius House, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts is a modernist residence designed and lived in by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, now preserved as a museum of his architectural vision.
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D.
Villa Savoye
Villa Savoye is a seminal modernist house in Poissy, France, celebrated as one of Le Corbusier’s most influential architectural masterpieces and a key icon of the International Style.
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E.
Miller House and Garden
Miller House and Garden is a landmark mid-century modern residence and landscape in Columbus, Indiana, celebrated for its collaborative design by architect Eero Saarinen, interior designer Alexander Girard, and landscape architect Dan Kiley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic house
ⓘ
landmark ⓘ modernist house ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| architect | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Edith Farnsworth
ⓘ
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ |
| client | Edith Farnsworth ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved as an architectural landmark ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1951 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1949 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county | Kendall County, Illinois ⓘ |
| currentUse | house museum ⓘ |
| designedFor | Edith Farnsworth ⓘ |
| elevatedAboveGround | yes ⓘ |
| floorCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
flat roof
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floor-to-ceiling glass walls ⓘ free-standing core volume ⓘ minimalist interior ⓘ open plan interior ⓘ pilotis ⓘ raised terrace ⓘ rectilinear form ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| influenced |
Philip Johnson Glass House
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surface form:
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
|
| influencedBy |
Barcelona Pavilion
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surface form:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion
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| locatedOn | Fox River ⓘ |
| location | Plano, Illinois ⓘ |
| material |
glass
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| nationalRegisterOfHistoricPlacesListingYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operatedBy | National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ |
| ownedBy | National Trust for Historic Preservation ⓘ |
| risk | flooding from Fox River ⓘ |
| significance |
icon of modernist residential design
ⓘ
masterpiece of minimalist architecture ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| style |
International Style
ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ |
| subjectOf | architectural criticism and legal disputes between client and architect ⓘ |
| use | weekend residence ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1951 ⓘ |
| yearDesigned | 1945 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Farnsworth House Description of subject: Farnsworth House is a renowned modernist glass-and-steel weekend residence in Plano, Illinois, celebrated as a masterpiece of minimalist architecture.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Glass House
this entity surface form:
Farnsworth House concept by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
this entity surface form:
Farnsworth House (J. M. Farnsworth estate, not Mies van der Rohe house)