Pennzoil Place
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Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pennzoil Place canonical | 2 |
| Pennzoil Place, Houston | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630154 — 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: Pennzoil Place Context triple: [Philip Johnson, notableWork, Pennzoil Place]
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A.
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is a massive convention center complex in Chicago and one of the largest and most prominent exhibition facilities in North America.
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B.
Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
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C.
Embarcadero Center
Embarcadero Center is a large mixed-use commercial complex in downtown San Francisco known for its office towers, shops, restaurants, and public plazas.
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D.
Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza is a landmark Dallas skyscraper known for its distinctive green argon-outline lighting and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable buildings.
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E.
Comerica Bank Tower
Comerica Bank Tower is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in the Dallas skyline, known for its distinctive stepped design and role as a major office building in the city’s central business district.
- 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: Pennzoil Place Target entity description: Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
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A.
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is a massive convention center complex in Chicago and one of the largest and most prominent exhibition facilities in North America.
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B.
Water Tower Place
Water Tower Place is a major mixed-use skyscraper and shopping complex in Chicago, known for its prominent location along the city’s Magnificent Mile.
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C.
Embarcadero Center
Embarcadero Center is a large mixed-use commercial complex in downtown San Francisco known for its office towers, shops, restaurants, and public plazas.
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D.
Bank of America Plaza
Bank of America Plaza is a landmark Dallas skyscraper known for its distinctive green argon-outline lighting and status as one of the city's tallest and most recognizable buildings.
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E.
Comerica Bank Tower
Comerica Bank Tower is a prominent postmodern skyscraper in the Dallas skyline, known for its distinctive stepped design and role as a major office building in the city’s central business district.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
landmark building
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office building complex ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| address | 711 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas ⓘ |
| architect |
John Burgee
ⓘ
Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Modernist architecture
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Postmodern-influenced modernism ⓘ |
| architectureFirm | Johnson/Burgee Architects ⓘ |
| awarded | AIA Twenty-five Year Award ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| category |
Landmarks in Houston, Texas
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Office buildings completed in 1975 ⓘ Philip Johnson buildings ⓘ Skyscrapers in Houston ⓘ |
| city | Houston ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Gerald D. Hines Interests ⓘ |
| floorArea | over 1,000,000 square feet ⓘ |
| floorCount | 36 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dark glass curtain wall
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dramatic silhouette ⓘ mirrored glass surfaces ⓘ narrow glass atrium between towers ⓘ two trapezoidal towers ⓘ |
| height |
about 495 ft
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approximately 151 m ⓘ |
| location |
Houston, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| material |
aluminum
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glass ⓘ granite ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Downtown Houston ⓘ |
| notableFor |
illusion of two leaning towers
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impact on Houston skyline ⓘ innovative twin-tower design ⓘ postmodern design influence ⓘ |
| numberOfBuildings | 2 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| ownerHistoric | Hines ⓘ |
| primaryTenantHistoric | Pennzoil Company ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | American Institute of Architects ⓘ |
| roofShape | sloped roof ⓘ |
| shape | trapezoidal plan ⓘ |
| startDate | early 1970s ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | CBM Engineers ⓘ |
| use | office ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pennzoil Place Description of subject: Pennzoil Place is a landmark pair of trapezoidal skyscrapers in downtown Houston, Texas, celebrated for their innovative postmodern design and dramatic silhouette.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pennzoil Place