Perret apartment blocks
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The Perret apartment blocks are a post-World War II modernist residential complex in Le Havre, France, designed by architect Auguste Perret and renowned for its pioneering use of reinforced concrete and urban planning.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Perret apartment blocks canonical | 2 |
| Auguste Perret’s reconstruction plan for Le Havre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Perret apartment blocks Context triple: [City center of Le Havre, contains, Perret apartment blocks]
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Habitat 67
Habitat 67 is a landmark modular housing complex in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its innovative, stacked-cube architectural design by Moshe Safdie.
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Unité d’Habitation de Firminy
Unité d’Habitation de Firminy is a major modernist residential housing block in Firminy, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier as part of his influential series of “vertical garden city” buildings.
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Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
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Front de Seine high-rise complex
The Front de Seine high-rise complex is a modernist cluster of residential and office skyscrapers built along the Seine River in Paris during the 1960s–1970s as part of an urban renewal project.
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Gratte-Ciel
Gratte-Ciel is a landmark modernist urban district in Villeurbanne, France, known for its striking high-rise architecture and planned civic center.
- 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: Perret apartment blocks Target entity description: The Perret apartment blocks are a post-World War II modernist residential complex in Le Havre, France, designed by architect Auguste Perret and renowned for its pioneering use of reinforced concrete and urban planning.
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A.
Habitat 67
Habitat 67 is a landmark modular housing complex in Montreal, Canada, renowned for its innovative, stacked-cube architectural design by Moshe Safdie.
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B.
Unité d’Habitation de Firminy
Unité d’Habitation de Firminy is a major modernist residential housing block in Firminy, France, designed by architect Le Corbusier as part of his influential series of “vertical garden city” buildings.
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C.
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille is a pioneering mid-20th-century modernist residential housing block by Le Corbusier that exemplifies his vision of high-density, communal urban living.
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D.
Front de Seine high-rise complex
The Front de Seine high-rise complex is a modernist cluster of residential and office skyscrapers built along the Seine River in Paris during the 1960s–1970s as part of an urban renewal project.
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E.
Gratte-Ciel
Gratte-Ciel is a landmark modernist urban district in Villeurbanne, France, known for its striking high-rise architecture and planned civic center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apartment block ensemble
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modernist architecture ⓘ postwar reconstruction project ⓘ residential complex ⓘ |
| architect | Auguste Perret ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Brutalist-influenced concrete architecture
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Modernism ⓘ |
| cityRebuiltBy |
Auguste Perret and his atelier
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linked to:
Auguste Perret
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| constructionEnd | 1964 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1945 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| designFeature |
large window openings
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loggias and balconies in some units ⓘ regular structural frame expressed on façades ⓘ rhythmic repetition of bays ⓘ |
| floorCount | typically 4 to 6 storeys ⓘ |
| function | long-term residential occupation ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Place de l’Hôtel de Ville perimeter blocks
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linked to:
Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville
Rue de Paris apartment blocks ⓘ blocks around Avenue Foch ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| influenced |
later modernist urban reconstruction projects
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postwar European social housing design ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical architectural order reinterpreted in concrete ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
France
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Le Havre ⓘ Normandy ⓘ Seine-Maritime ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
prefabricated concrete elements
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reinforced concrete ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative urban planning
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integration of light and open space in housing design ⓘ pioneering use of reinforced concrete in large-scale housing ⓘ regular street grid and modular blocks ⓘ |
| ownership | mixed public and private ownership ⓘ |
| partOf |
Reconstruction of Le Havre
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linked to:
Le Havre
city center of Le Havre ⓘ |
| period | post-World War II ⓘ |
| purpose |
reconstruction of war-damaged city center
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residential housing ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
landmark of 20th-century architecture
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masterpiece of postwar urban planning ⓘ |
| UNESCOcriteria |
criterion (ii)
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criterion (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOinscriptionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| urbanPlanningConcept |
mixed-use ground floors in some blocks
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modular structural grid ⓘ standardized apartment types ⓘ |
| worldHeritageSiteOf | UNESCO ⓘ |
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Subject: Perret apartment blocks Description of subject: The Perret apartment blocks are a post-World War II modernist residential complex in Le Havre, France, designed by architect Auguste Perret and renowned for its pioneering use of reinforced concrete and urban planning.
Referenced by (3)
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subject linked to:
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
subject linked to:
Avenue Foch, Le Havre
linked to: Perret apartment blocks