Gyo Obata
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Gyo Obata was a prominent American architect and co-founder of the firm HOK, known for designing major cultural, civic, and religious landmarks around the world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gyo Obata canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T628339 — 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: Gyo Obata Context triple: [Community of Christ Temple, architect, Gyo Obata]
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A.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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B.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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D.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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E.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
- 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: Gyo Obata Target entity description: Gyo Obata was a prominent American architect and co-founder of the firm HOK, known for designing major cultural, civic, and religious landmarks around the world.
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A.
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and former Chief Cabinet Secretary who became a prominent opposition leader as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
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B.
Shintaro Fujinami
Shintaro Fujinami is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher known for his power arm and early stardom in Nippon Professional Baseball before moving to Major League Baseball.
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C.
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori is a Japanese chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in asymmetric catalysis and its applications in organic synthesis.
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D.
Mineichi Koga
Mineichi Koga was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who succeeded Isoroku Yamamoto as commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.
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E.
Keiji Shibazaki
Keiji Shibazaki was an Imperial Japanese Navy rear admiral who led the island’s defenses and was killed during the World War II Battle of Tarawa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gyo Obata, FAIA ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | global architecture industry ⓘ |
| coFoundedOrganization |
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
|
| coFoundedWith |
George Hellmuth
ⓘ
George Kassabaum ⓘ |
| coFounderOf |
HOK
ⓘ
linked to:
HOK Group
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
HOK
ⓘ
linked to:
HOK Group
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| familyName | Obata ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
urban design ⓘ |
| genre |
corporate architecture
ⓘ
institutional architecture ⓘ modern architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Gyo ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
airports
ⓘ
civic centers ⓘ educational buildings ⓘ museums ⓘ religious buildings ⓘ |
| influenced | HOK design philosophy ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Institute of Architects ⓘ |
| name | Gyo Obata ⓘ |
| notableFor |
designing major civic landmarks
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designing major cultural landmarks ⓘ designing major religious landmarks ⓘ global architectural practice leadership at HOK ⓘ |
| notableRole | design principal at HOK ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
ⓘ
Community of Christ Auditorium expansion ⓘ
linked to:
Community of Christ Auditorium
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Terminal D ⓘ HOK headquarters building designs ⓘ Independence Temple ⓘ King Khalid International Airport ⓘ National Air and Space Museum ⓘ Saint Louis Science Center ⓘ St. Louis Abbey Church ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Louis Abbey Church
Various civic centers in the United States ⓘ Various cultural institutions worldwide ⓘ Various religious buildings worldwide ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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businessperson ⓘ |
| workLocation |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gyo Obata Description of subject: Gyo Obata was a prominent American architect and co-founder of the firm HOK, known for designing major cultural, civic, and religious landmarks around the world.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
subject linked to:
Gyo Obata, FAIA