Harvard Five houses

E232013

architectural ensemble group of buildings

Harvard Five houses are a group of influential mid-20th-century Modernist residences in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architects associated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Harvard Five	9
Harvard Five architects	2
Harvard Five houses canonical	1
Harvard Five houses in New Canaan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2085481 — 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: Harvard Five houses
Context triple: [New Canaan, Connecticut, hasModernistArchitectureSite, Harvard Five houses]

A. Harvard College residential system
The Harvard College residential system is the network of undergraduate dormitories and Houses that structures students’ living, social, and academic life at Harvard University.
B. Harvard Corporation
The Harvard Corporation is the smaller of Harvard University's two governing boards and serves as the institution's principal fiduciary and executive authority.
C. Harvard Cooperative Society
The Harvard Cooperative Society is a long-standing cooperative campus store and bookstore serving the Harvard University community with textbooks, merchandise, and related services.
D. Harvard House
Harvard House is a historic timber-framed museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, associated with the family of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University.
E. Harvard Hall
Harvard Hall is a historic academic building at Harvard University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls in the heart of Harvard Yard.
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: Harvard Five houses
Target entity description: Harvard Five houses are a group of influential mid-20th-century Modernist residences in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by architects associated with Harvard’s Graduate School of Design.

A. Harvard College residential system
The Harvard College residential system is the network of undergraduate dormitories and Houses that structures students’ living, social, and academic life at Harvard University.
B. Harvard Corporation
The Harvard Corporation is the smaller of Harvard University's two governing boards and serves as the institution's principal fiduciary and executive authority.
C. Harvard Cooperative Society
The Harvard Cooperative Society is a long-standing cooperative campus store and bookstore serving the Harvard University community with textbooks, merchandise, and related services.
D. Harvard House
Harvard House is a historic timber-framed museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, associated with the family of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University.
E. Harvard Hall
Harvard Hall is a historic academic building at Harvard University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls in the heart of Harvard Yard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural ensemble ⓘ group of buildings ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mid-century modern ⓘ Modernist architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Eliot Noyes ⓘ Harvard Five ⓘ linked to: Harvard Five houses John M. Johansen ⓘ Landis Gores ⓘ Marcel Breuer ⓘ Philip Johnson ⓘ
category	Architectural history of New England ⓘ Modernist houses in Connecticut ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designFeature	flat or low-pitched roofs ⓘ integration with landscape ⓘ large expanses of glass ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ open floor plans ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
hasPart	Eliot Noyes House ⓘ John M. Johansen House ⓘ Landis Gores House ⓘ Marcel Breuer House (New Canaan) ⓘ Philip Johnson Hodgson House ⓘ linked to: Philip Johnson Glass House
influencedBy	Bauhaus ⓘ International Style architecture ⓘ linked to: International Style
locatedIn	Fairfield County, Connecticut ⓘ New Canaan, Connecticut ⓘ
namedAfter	Harvard Graduate School of Design ⓘ
notableFor	experimental residential design ⓘ influence on suburban modern houses in the United States ⓘ
partOf	Modernist architecture in New Canaan ⓘ
relatedTo	Glass House (New Canaan) ⓘ linked to: Glass House Harvard Five architects ⓘ linked to: Harvard Five houses
significantIn	development of Modernist domestic design ⓘ history of American residential architecture ⓘ
significantPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
usedMaterial	glass ⓘ steel ⓘ wood ⓘ

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