Pierre de Meuron
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Pierre de Meuron is a Swiss architect and co-founder of the renowned architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, known for designing prominent cultural and public buildings worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pierre de Meuron canonical | 16 |
| de Meuron | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2708115 — 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: Pierre de Meuron Context triple: [de Young Museum, architect, Pierre de Meuron]
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A.
Jacques-François Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel was an influential 18th-century French architect and theoretician known for his architectural treatises and for shaping academic architectural education in France.
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B.
François Blondel
François Blondel was a 17th-century French architect, engineer, and theoretician known for directing the royal academy of architecture and helping formalize classical architectural principles in France.
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C.
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
Claude Nicolas Ledoux was an influential 18th-century French architect and urban planner whose visionary, often utopian designs made him a key pioneer of neoclassical architecture.
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D.
Gilles-Barnabé Guimard
Gilles-Barnabé Guimard was an 18th-century French architect active in the Austrian Netherlands, noted for his neoclassical designs in Brussels.
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E.
Claude Perret
Claude Perret was a member of the Perret family associated with early 20th-century French architecture, known primarily in relation to his architect brother Auguste Perret.
- 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: Pierre de Meuron Target entity description: Pierre de Meuron is a Swiss architect and co-founder of the renowned architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, known for designing prominent cultural and public buildings worldwide.
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A.
Jacques-François Blondel
Jacques-François Blondel was an influential 18th-century French architect and theoretician known for his architectural treatises and for shaping academic architectural education in France.
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B.
François Blondel
François Blondel was a 17th-century French architect, engineer, and theoretician known for directing the royal academy of architecture and helping formalize classical architectural principles in France.
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C.
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
Claude Nicolas Ledoux was an influential 18th-century French architect and urban planner whose visionary, often utopian designs made him a key pioneer of neoclassical architecture.
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D.
Gilles-Barnabé Guimard
Gilles-Barnabé Guimard was an 18th-century French architect active in the Austrian Netherlands, noted for his neoclassical designs in Brussels.
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E.
Claude Perret
Claude Perret was a member of the Perret family associated with early 20th-century French architecture, known primarily in relation to his architect brother Auguste Perret.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Praemium Imperiale for Architecture
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Pritzker Architecture Prize ⓘ RIBA Royal Gold Medal ⓘ
linked to:
RIBA Gold Medal
RIBA Stirling Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Stirling Prize
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| coFounded | Herzog & de Meuron ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
ⓘ
linked to:
ETH Zurich
|
| employer | Herzog & de Meuron ⓘ |
| familyName |
de Meuron
ⓘ
linked to:
Pierre de Meuron
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| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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museum architecture ⓘ urban design ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Herzog & de Meuron ⓘ |
| name | Pierre de Meuron ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptive reuse of industrial buildings
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design of major cultural institutions ⓘ innovative use of materials in architecture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
1111 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
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Allianz Arena, Munich ⓘ
linked to:
Allianz Arena
CaixaForum Madrid ⓘ De Young Museum, San Francisco ⓘ
linked to:
De Young Museum
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg ⓘ
linked to:
Elbphilharmonie concert hall
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen ⓘ
linked to:
Beyeler Foundation Museum
Laban Dance Centre, London ⓘ
linked to:
Laban Dance Centre
M+ Museum, Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
West Kowloon Cultural District
National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), Beijing ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing National Stadium
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill ⓘ
linked to:
Parrish Art Museum
Tate Modern, London ⓘ
linked to:
Tate Modern
VitraHaus, Weil am Rhein ⓘ
linked to:
VitraHaus
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| occupation |
architect
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university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld | partner at Herzog & de Meuron ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
Beijing ⓘ Hamburg ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pierre de Meuron Description of subject: Pierre de Meuron is a Swiss architect and co-founder of the renowned architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, known for designing prominent cultural and public buildings worldwide.
Referenced by (17)
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