Sky House
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Sky House is a prominent example of Metabolist architecture, showcasing the movement’s experimental, flexible approach to residential design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sky House canonical | 5 |
| Sky House (Kikutake residence) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3046199 — 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: Sky House Context triple: [Metabolism, notableWork, Sky House]
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A.
Stone House
Stone House is a historic Civil War-era structure on the Manassas battlefield in Virginia that served as a field hospital during the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
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B.
Clock House
Clock House is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Bromley that provides local commuter services into central London.
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C.
Pico House
Pico House is a historic 19th-century Italianate-style hotel in downtown Los Angeles, built in the 1870s and once considered the city’s most luxurious lodging.
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D.
Pink House
The Pink House is the English name for Argentina’s Casa Rosada, the iconic pink-colored presidential palace and seat of the national government in Buenos Aires.
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E.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
- 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: Sky House Target entity description: Sky House is a prominent example of Metabolist architecture, showcasing the movement’s experimental, flexible approach to residential design.
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A.
Stone House
Stone House is a historic Civil War-era structure on the Manassas battlefield in Virginia that served as a field hospital during the First and Second Battles of Bull Run.
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B.
Clock House
Clock House is a suburban railway station in the London Borough of Bromley that provides local commuter services into central London.
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C.
Pico House
Pico House is a historic 19th-century Italianate-style hotel in downtown Los Angeles, built in the 1870s and once considered the city’s most luxurious lodging.
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D.
Pink House
The Pink House is the English name for Argentina’s Casa Rosada, the iconic pink-colored presidential palace and seat of the national government in Buenos Aires.
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E.
Sculptured House
Sculptured House is an iconic, futuristic, curvilinear home in Colorado, often called the "Sleeper House" after its appearance in the Woody Allen film "Sleeper."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Metabolist architecture work
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building ⓘ residential building ⓘ |
| architect | Kiyonori Kikutake ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Metabolism
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linked to:
Metabolism (architecture)
Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Houses in Tokyo
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Metabolism (architecture) ⓘ Modernist architecture in Japan ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| designedFor | Kiyonori Kikutake and his family ⓘ |
| documentedIn | architectural history literature on Metabolism ⓘ |
| feature |
central core services zone
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elevated main volume above pilotis ⓘ flexible modular interior units ⓘ open-plan interior ⓘ perimeter balcony ⓘ removable interior capsules ⓘ roof terrace ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sky House (Kikutake residence)
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linked to:
Sky House
|
| hasContext | postwar reconstruction era in Japan ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | スカイハウス ⓘ |
| hasPart |
detachable interior rooms
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main elevated box-like volume ⓘ supporting columns ⓘ |
| inception | mid-1950s ⓘ |
| influenced |
flexible housing design concepts
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later Metabolist residential projects ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Japanese Metabolist theory
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postwar Japanese modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| location |
Bunkyō, Tokyo
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linked to:
Bunkyo, Tokyo
Tokyo ⓘ |
| material | reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| movement |
Metabolist movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Metabolist architects
|
| notableFor |
clear separation of structural frame and infill units
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experimental approach to residential design ⓘ expression of Metabolist ideas at domestic scale ⓘ flexible, reconfigurable living spaces ⓘ |
| significance |
early built manifesto of Metabolist principles
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iconic example of experimental Japanese residential architecture ⓘ |
| startDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | pilotis ⓘ |
| usedAs | private residence ⓘ |
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Subject: Sky House Description of subject: Sky House is a prominent example of Metabolist architecture, showcasing the movement’s experimental, flexible approach to residential design.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Sky House