New Building
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New Building is the English term for "Nieuwe Bouwen," a modernist architectural movement in the Netherlands characterized by functional design, clean lines, and the use of new materials and construction techniques in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| New Building canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8752579 — 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: New Building Context triple: [Nieuwe Bouwen, hasAlternativeName, New Building]
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A.
New Building
New Building is a prominent historic accommodation and teaching block within Magdalen College, Oxford, known for its traditional collegiate architecture and setting within the college grounds.
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B.
Neubau
Neubau is a modern extension building of the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland, known for its contemporary architecture and expanded exhibition spaces.
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C.
Neubau
Neubau is Vienna’s 7th district, known as a trendy, densely populated inner-city area with a vibrant arts, culture, and shopping scene.
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D.
New Pavilion
New Pavilion is an elegant early 19th-century Neoclassical garden pavilion designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, located within the grounds of Berlin’s Charlottenburg Palace.
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E.
New House
New House is the English name for Tŷ Newydd, a notable historic residence in Llanystumdwy, Wales, associated with Welsh cultural and literary heritage.
- 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: New Building Target entity description: New Building is the English term for "Nieuwe Bouwen," a modernist architectural movement in the Netherlands characterized by functional design, clean lines, and the use of new materials and construction techniques in the early 20th century.
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A.
New Building
New Building is a prominent historic accommodation and teaching block within Magdalen College, Oxford, known for its traditional collegiate architecture and setting within the college grounds.
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B.
Neubau
Neubau is a modern extension building of the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland, known for its contemporary architecture and expanded exhibition spaces.
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C.
Neubau
Neubau is Vienna’s 7th district, known as a trendy, densely populated inner-city area with a vibrant arts, culture, and shopping scene.
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D.
New Pavilion
New Pavilion is an elegant early 19th-century Neoclassical garden pavilion designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, located within the grounds of Berlin’s Charlottenburg Palace.
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E.
New House
New House is the English name for Tŷ Newydd, a notable historic residence in Llanystumdwy, Wales, associated with Welsh cultural and literary heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural movement
ⓘ
modernist architecture movement ⓘ |
| aimsTo | improve living conditions through design ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nieuwe Bouwen movement
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linked to:
Nieuwe Bouwen
|
| architecturalStyle | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| context |
rapid urbanization in the Netherlands
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technological advances in construction ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
form follows function
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rational planning ⓘ socially oriented housing design ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
functional floor layouts
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light, air, and space ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Dutch cities ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
clean lines
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flat roofs ⓘ functional design ⓘ large windows ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ open floor plans ⓘ |
| hasDesignApproach |
efficient use of space
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integration of new building technologies ⓘ standardization of building elements ⓘ |
| hasNameInDutch | Nieuwe Bouwen ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Functionalism
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linked to:
Nordic functionalism
Modernism ⓘ |
| movementLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| movementScope |
industrial buildings
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public buildings ⓘ residential architecture ⓘ |
| rejects |
applied ornament
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historicism in architecture ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bauhaus
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International Style ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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interwar period ⓘ |
| usesConstructionTechnique |
industrialized building methods
ⓘ
prefabrication ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
glass
ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New Building Description of subject: New Building is the English term for "Nieuwe Bouwen," a modernist architectural movement in the Netherlands characterized by functional design, clean lines, and the use of new materials and construction techniques in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.