Towards a New Architecture
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Towards a New Architecture is a seminal 1923 architectural treatise by Le Corbusier that advocates for modernist design principles grounded in industrialization, functionalism, and new construction technologies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Towards a New Architecture canonical | 5 |
| Toward an Architecture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1113681 — 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: Towards a New Architecture Context triple: [Vers une architecture, hasEnglishTranslation, Towards a New Architecture]
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Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One is a W3C-authored technical document that defines the foundational principles and design of the Web’s architecture.
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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Computer Communication Review
Computer Communication Review is a leading academic journal and newsletter of the ACM SIGCOMM community, publishing research and commentary on computer networking and data communication.
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Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
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The Computer as a Communication Device
"The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
- 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: Towards a New Architecture Target entity description: Towards a New Architecture is a seminal 1923 architectural treatise by Le Corbusier that advocates for modernist design principles grounded in industrialization, functionalism, and new construction technologies.
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A.
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One
Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One is a W3C-authored technical document that defines the foundational principles and design of the Web’s architecture.
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B.
IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing
The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing is a professional body within the IEEE Computer Society that focuses on advancing research, standards, and community activities in distributed computing systems and related technologies.
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C.
Computer Communication Review
Computer Communication Review is a leading academic journal and newsletter of the ACM SIGCOMM community, publishing research and commentary on computer networking and data communication.
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D.
Strategic Computing Initiative
The Strategic Computing Initiative was a major 1980s U.S. defense research program aimed at advancing artificial intelligence, machine vision, and high-performance computing for military applications.
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E.
The Computer as a Communication Device
"The Computer as a Communication Device" is a seminal 1968 essay by J.C.R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, networked computing as a medium for human collaboration and communication, foreshadowing the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural treatise
ⓘ
manifesto ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| advocates |
functional design
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rational planning ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ use of new construction technologies ⓘ |
| author | Le Corbusier ⓘ |
| centralConcept | house as a machine for living in ⓘ |
| comparesArchitectureTo |
airplanes
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automobiles ⓘ ocean liners ⓘ |
| contains |
essay "Architecture or Revolution"
ⓘ
essay "Eyes Which Do Not See" ⓘ essay "The Engineer's Aesthetic and Architecture" ⓘ essay "Three Reminders to Architects" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
historicism in architecture
ⓘ
ornamentation ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationTitle | Towards a New Architecture ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslator | Frederick Etchells ⓘ |
| firstEnglishEditionYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| genre | architectural theory ⓘ |
| impact | helped define principles of modernist design ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century modernist architecture
ⓘ
International Style ⓘ architectural education ⓘ |
| keyPhrase |
"A house is a machine for living in"
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"Architecture or Revolution" ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Vers une architecture ⓘ |
| promotes |
purist aesthetics
ⓘ
rational urbanism ⓘ standardized housing units ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Éditions Crès
ⓘ
linked to:
Éditions G. Crès
|
| status | seminal work in modern architecture ⓘ |
| subject |
architecture
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functionalism ⓘ industrialization ⓘ mass production ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ modernism ⓘ standardization in architecture ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | early 20th century ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
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: Towards a New Architecture Description of subject: Towards a New Architecture is a seminal 1923 architectural treatise by Le Corbusier that advocates for modernist design principles grounded in industrialization, functionalism, and new construction technologies.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
essay "Eyes Which Do Not See"
linked to: Towards a New Architecture
subject linked to:
"Architecture or Revolution"
subject linked to:
"Architecture or Revolution"