Taliesin West
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UNESCO World Heritage Site
architectural landmark
architecture school campus
building complex
museum
Taliesin West is architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s former winter home and studio, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and architecture school campus renowned for its desert-integrated design.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taliesin West canonical | 24 |
| Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona | 2 |
| Taliesin West estate | 1 |
| Taliesin West studio | 1 |
| Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T848180 — 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: Taliesin West Context triple: [Scottsdale, Arizona, hasAttraction, Taliesin West]
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A.
Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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B.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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C.
Circular Mound Altar
The Circular Mound Altar is an open-air, multi-tiered marble platform in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors conducted solemn winter solstice ceremonies to worship Heaven.
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D.
Moundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Archaeological Park is a major pre-Columbian Native American site featuring large earthen mounds and artifacts from the Mississippian culture, located along the Black Warrior River in Alabama.
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E.
Lamont Geological Observatory
Lamont Geological Observatory is a renowned Earth science research center of Columbia University, known for pioneering work in seismology, oceanography, and plate tectonics.
- 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: Taliesin West Target entity description: Taliesin West is architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s former winter home and studio, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and architecture school campus renowned for its desert-integrated design.
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A.
Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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B.
Mound City
Mound City is a historical nickname for St. Louis, Missouri, referencing the region’s ancient Native American earthwork mounds.
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C.
Circular Mound Altar
The Circular Mound Altar is an open-air, multi-tiered marble platform in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors conducted solemn winter solstice ceremonies to worship Heaven.
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D.
Moundville Archaeological Park
Moundville Archaeological Park is a major pre-Columbian Native American site featuring large earthen mounds and artifacts from the Mississippian culture, located along the Black Warrior River in Alabama.
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E.
Lamont Geological Observatory
Lamont Geological Observatory is a renowned Earth science research center of Columbia University, known for pioneering work in seismology, oceanography, and plate tectonics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
architectural landmark ⓘ architecture school campus ⓘ building complex ⓘ museum ⓘ |
| architect | Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
ⓘ
The School of Architecture at Taliesin ⓘ
linked to:
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
|
| constructionStartDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 33.611 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | -111.846 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currentUse |
architecture school campus
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| designedForClimate | Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| formerUse |
studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
ⓘ
winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| hasPart |
drafting studio
ⓘ
garden room ⓘ kiva ⓘ pools and terraces ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
U.S. National Historic Landmark
ⓘ
linked to:
National Historic Landmark
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
Maricopa County, Arizona ⓘ Scottsdale, Arizona ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| materialUsed |
canvas
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ desert stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Taliesin (Spring Green, Wisconsin)
ⓘ
linked to:
Spring Green, Wisconsin, United States
|
| notableFor |
experimental design laboratory for Frank Lloyd Wright
ⓘ
indoor-outdoor spatial continuity ⓘ integration with desert landscape ⓘ low, horizontal forms ⓘ use of local materials ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ⓘ |
| owner | Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation ⓘ |
| partOf | The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| setting | Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| style |
Modern architecture
ⓘ
Organic architecture ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2019 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Taliesin West Description of subject: Taliesin West is architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s former winter home and studio, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and architecture school campus renowned for its desert-integrated design.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Taliesin West
linked to: Taliesin West
linked to: Taliesin West
subject linked to:
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings
linked to: Taliesin West
subject linked to:
Olga Ivanovna Lazovich Hinzenburg (Olgivanna Lloyd Wright)
linked to: Taliesin West
subject linked to:
Frank